François André VINCENT (Paris 1746-1816) - Lot 27

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.