François André VINCENT (Paris 1746-1816)
Portrait... Lot 27
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François André VINCENT (Paris 1746-1816)
Portrait of Monsignor Ruffo Seated, Seen in Profile, Holding a Leaflet
Red chalk proof.
30.5 x 41 cm
PROVENANCE: probably Albert Besnard sale, Paris, Galerie Charpentier, May 31-June 1, 1934, no. 328 (Abbé assis à droite, lisant. Sanguine); anonymous sale, Paris, Hôtel Drouot, March 14, 1990, (Mes Audap, Godeau et Solanet), no. 162; American collection.
BIBLIOGRAPHY: J. P. Cuzin, François André Vincent (1746-1816), entre Fragonard et David, Paris, 2013, under no. D 278.
Our drawing is a proof of a sanguine in the Louvre that J. P. Cuzin dates to circa 1775 (see J. P. Cuzin, op. cit. supra, no. D 278, reproduced). Another proof is in the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Rouen.
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