Louis JANMOT (Lyon, 1814 - 1892) Study of Saint Francis of Assisi Oil on paper laid down on cardboard Unframed Study of Saint Francis of Assisi, oil on paper, by L. Janmot 13.77 x 10.23 in. 35 x 26 cm Provenance: Louis Janmot sale; Lyon, Hôtel des commissaires priseurs, 17 April 1893, no. 34 (as a portrait of a Franciscan priest), his stamp on the reverse; Probably acquired at this sale by the painter Joseph Trévoux (1831-1909), a friend of Louis Janmot; Then by descent; Private collection, Rhône-Alpes Bibliography: related : Élisabeth Hardouin-Fugier, "Les Décorations de Louis Janmot à la chapelle des Franciscains de Terre-Sainte (1878-1879)", in Bulletin de la Société d'Histoire de l'Art Français, 1970, p. 163-179 Our oil on paper is a study for the figure of Saint Francis of Assisi for the fresco The Immaculate Conception in the chapel of the Franciscans of the Holy Land. The preparatory cartoon for the decoration, mentioned in the 1970 BSHAF article as lost, is known only from an old photograph. Louis JANMOT (Lyon, 1814 - 1892) 35 x 26 cm Our oil on paper is a study for the figure of Saint Francis of Assisi for the fresco The Immaculate Conception in the chapel of the Franciscans of the Holy Land. The preparatory cartoon for the decoration, mentioned in the 1970 BSHAF article as lost, is known only from an old photograph.