William Adolphe BOUGUEREAU (La Rochelle, 1825 - 1905) Study for a Franciscan Saint Black pencil and white highlights Annotated 'Chap. St Louis I' lower left Bears the artist's stamp (L.3838) lower right Two watermarks KF and EB with caduceus No frame Study for a Franciscan Saint, pen and white highlights, by W. A. Bouguereau 18.50 x 11.81 in. 47 x 30 cm Provenance: It has remained in the artist's family up to the present day; Private collection, Normandy This drawing is a preparation for the Franciscan monk on the left in the 1859 fresco, Saint Louis rendering justice, which decorates the Chapel of Saint Louis in the Basilica of Saint Clotilde in Paris (see D. Bartoli and F. C. Ross, William Bouguereau, New York, Antique collectors' club, 2010, t. 2, p. 61, cat. 1859/04A, rep.). William Adolphe BOUGUEREAU (La Rochelle, 1825 - 1905) 47 x 30 cm This drawing is a preparation for the Franciscan monk on the left in the 1859 fresco, Saint Louis rendering justice, which decorates the Chapel of Saint Louis in the Basilica of Saint Clotilde in Paris (see D. Bartoli and F. C. Ross, William Bouguereau, New York, Antique collectors' club, 2010, t. 2, p. 61, cat. 1859/04A, rep.).