Charles MEYNIER Paris, 1768 - 1832 Saint Vincent de Paul preaching charity to the ladies of the court of Louis XIII Pen and brown ink, brown wash and highlights of white gouache Signed 'c Meynier' lower right No frame Saint Vincent de Paul in the court of Louis XIII, pen and brown ink, brown wash and white gouache highlights, signed, by C. Meynier 41,50 x 54 cm (16,34 x 21,26 in.) Provenance: Remained in the artist's studio ; His sale after death, Paris, rue des Fossés-Monsieur-Leprince, Me Petit, 26 November - 4 December 1832, no. 21 ; Probably in the after-death inventory of the artist's widow, no. 125; Bequeathed to Louise Hersent (according to Isabelle Mayer-Michallon) Bibliography: Isabelle Mayer-Michallon, 'Charles Meynier 1763 - 1832', Paris, 2008, p. 217, D.112 Comment: This drawing is a preparation for the painting conserved in the chapel of the Blessed Sacrament in the Saint-Jean primatial church in Lyon (see Isabelle Mayer-Michallon, 'Charles Meynier 1763 - 1832', Paris, 2008, p. 159-160, P79).