Lot 120
  • 120

François Le Moyne Paris 1688 - 1737

Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 GBP
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Description

  • François Le Moyne
  • seated academy nude turning to the right
  • bears inscription in pen and brown ink: LeMoine
  • black and white chalk and stumping on light brown paper

Provenance

Purchased, New York, Sotheby's, 20 January 1982, lot 51

Literature

J.-L.Bordeaux, François Le Moyne and his Generation, 1688-1737, Neuilly-sur-Seine 1984, p. 143, no. D6, reproduced fig. 132

Catalogue Note

Bordeaux (loc. cit.) described this as a characteristic early figure study by the artist, dating from around 1715-20.