Merry Joseph BLONDEL (1781-1853)
The man who runs after fortune and the one who
in his bed Black stone, brown ink wash and white highlights
signed lower right Bl. Stamp of the Defer-Dumesnil collection lower left.
12 x 15,7 cm
Framed.
The subject is taken from the fable of La Fontaine. The painting of the same subject, by Blondel, was in the collection of
Sébastien Norblin de la Gourdaine, a student of Blondel. It was included in the sale after death of Sébastien Norblin
de la Gourdaine on February 14, 1885.
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