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suicide before reaching the age of fifty). The figure below does not appear DUTCH SCHOOL, 17TH CENTURY
in the final composition but contributes to the dynamic mise-en-page of the A star-of-Bethlehem (Ornithogalum album); and A cardinal flower
drawing. (Flos Cardinalis)
with inscription ‘Ornithogalum album.’ (lower center) (i); with inscription ‘flos
At least six other studies by the artist for his painting are known (Bordeaux,
Cardinalis’ (lower right) (ii)
op. cit., nos. 46-49, ill.; Christie's, Paris, 27 March 2019, lot 63; and a sheet
pen and brown ink, watercolor, watermark shield surmounted by a crown (i);
with Bernheimer Fine Old Masters and Galerie Arnoldi- Livie, in 2001). black chalk, watercolor, watermark foolscap (ii)
Like two other figure studies for the painting including one in the Louvre 13Ω x 8º in. (32 x 21cm) (i); 12º x 8 in. (21 x 20.3 cm) (ii) (2)
(Bordeaux, op. cit., no. D. 46, fig. 174; and the drawing sold in 2019 mentioned
$1,500-2,500
previously), the sheet offered here once belonged to the collection of Jean-
Denis Lempereur, who had gathered no fewer than 41 drawings by the artist. PROVENANCE:
The Louvre remains the largest repository of Lemoyne’s drawings since the The Collection of Khalil Rizk, New York.
contents of his studio was transferred to the Cabinet du Roi after he died.
We are grateful to Jean-Luc Bordeaux for confirming that the present
drawing will be included in his forthcoming revised catalogue raisonné on
the artist.

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