16th century French school (Entourage de Jacques Bellange) Woman putting her hand to her mouth Pen and brown ink, traces of red chalk Bears a cross and an 'S' in the upper centre in red chalk Annotated in black pencil 'cachet de la vente Printage, cf Boerner' on verso (Small folds, small tears at edges and small stains) Without frame Woman putting hand to her mouth, pen and brown ink, French School, 16th C. 13.50 x 5.98 in. 34.3 x 15.2 cm Provenance: Collection I. Betzkoy, stamped (L. 2878a) lower right; Private collection, Paris Bibliography: François-Georges Pariset, "Figures féminines de Jacques de Bellange", in Bulletin de la Société de l'Histoire de l'Art Français, 1951, p. 30, reprint (as Bellange) Ch. D. Comer, Studies in Lorraine Art, ca 1580-1625, 1979, n° X11, p. 280 (as Lallemant) Jacques Thuillier, Jacques de Bellange , Rennes, Musée des Beaux-Arts, 2001, p. 335, reprint (in the Calligraphies group) 16th century French school (Entourage of Jacques Bellange) 34.3 x 15.2 cm