Lot no. 17
POUSSIN Nicolas (School of)
1594 - 1665
Young girl bathing in the Tiber
Brush and brown wash. Glued on leaf. Framed in pen.
Annotated on the reverse in pen 20 Lesueur.
Dry mark lower right of François Renaud (Late eighteenth century) (Lugt. 1042) ;
Mark lower right of Louis Corot (Lugt.1718).
H. 20 - W. 24.3 cm
On the reverse a small modern handwritten label reads Lesueur (Blaise), probably referring to Blaise Nicolas Lesueur (1714 - 1783)
François Renaud's FR mark can be found on several drawings once attributed to Nicolas Poussin, now returned to other artists (Cf. Pierre Rosenberg & Louis - Antoine Prat, Nicolas Poussin, Catalogue raisonné des dessins ; Tome 2, R 1082 à R 1085 - 1994).
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