6621 - Hutin, Charles François

Hutin, Charles François A Sleeping Youth Leaning Against a Pedestal. Black chalk, highlighted in white, on brown-primed paper. 42.2 x 58.6 cm. Signed and dated “c. hutin Del. / 1774” in the drapery at the lower right. Marked P Van Ley. The sculptor, painter, and printmaker Charles François Hutin was first trained in painting by François Lemoine in Paris. In 1737, as a scholarship recipient of the Académie de France, he went to Rome, where he was to remain until 1744. Under the guidance of Sébastien Slodtz, Hutin devoted himself primarily to sculpture there. After his return to Paris, he was admitted as a full member of the Académie royale in 1747. Hutin’s career took a surprisingly fortunate turn shortly thereafter when, in 1748, he accepted an invitation from Elector August III of Saxony to go to Dresden to serve as his court painter and engraver. After the new Academy of Fine Arts was founded in Dresden on January 1, 1764, Hutin became its director and professor of painting. Provenance: Philipp Herrmann Collection, Karlsruhe (Lugt 1352a). - Please ask for condition reports for individual lots, as the condition is usually not mentioned in the catalog. - Please ask for condition reports for individual lots, as the condition is usually not mentioned in the catalog.