Attributed to Joseph DUCREUX (1735-1802) Portrait of a monk Paper Height : 48,5 cm 48,5 cm ; Width : 38 cm Provenance: - Christie's London sale, July 8, 2008, n° 103 (attributed to Joseph Ducreux) - Sotheby's Paris sale, June 15, 2022, n° 183 (attributed to Joseph Ducreux). - Estate of Alexis Gregory, sold for the benefit of the Alexis Gregory Foundation. Bibliography: Neil Jeffares: Dictionary of pastellists before 1800 (online, cat. J.825.822). Our pastel is to be put in relation with the "Benedictine Monk" exhibited at the Salon of 1791 and kept in the in the Chartres museum.

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