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François Le Moyne Paris 1688 - 1737
Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 GBP
bidding is closed
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.