Attributed to Jean-Baptiste CARPEAUX (Valenciennes, 1827 - Courbevoie, 1875) Project for Flore Oil on paper mounted on board Bears an old label on verso annotated 'Inscription au dos du cartonnage / Esquisse offert par Carpeaux / à Sainte Beuve / Provenant de la succession / Eroubert secrétaire de Sainte Beuve'. 18 x 23.5 cm Provenance: Probably the Charles-Augustin Sainte Beuve (1804-1869) collection; Probably the collection of Jules Troubat (1836-1914), Sainte Beuve's secretary; Probably from the Fernand Lafarge collection (according to an annotation on the frame on the reverse); Anonymous sale; Paris, Hôtel Drouot, Massol, 9 December 2005, no. 28 ; Acquired at this sale by Jacques and Michèle Ginepro; Collection Jacques et Michèle Ginepro (collection mark affixed several times on verso); Then by descent; Private collection, Monaco Exhibitions : J.B. Carpeaux. Paintings. Sculptures. Dessins, Paris, Petit-Palais, December 1955 - February 1956 (according to an old label on the back) Attributed to Jean-Baptiste CARPEAUX (Valenciennes, 1827 - Courbevoie, 1875) 18 x 23.5 cm