François Joseph HEIM (1787-1865) The Taking of Jerusalem by the Romans Canvas (fragment), signed lower centre H. 40 cm - W. 32.3 cm ET Without frame At least four other sketches for the painting presented by Heim at the 1824 Salon are known: one is in the Louvre, another is in the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Angers, and a third has been sold. one in the Louvre, another in the Musée des Beaux-Arts d'Angers, and a third sold in New York (Sotheby's) on (Sotheby's) on 24 January 2002, no. 72 (these three sketches are reproduced by Jean Pierre Cuzin in BSHAF 1991 p.206); a fourth was sold at Hôtel Drouot (Tajan) in Paris on 26 March 2003, no. 101.