2 - Jean NAIGEON (1757–1832)

Jean NAIGEON (1757–1832) Allegories in Honor of Rubens and Le Sueur Pair of pen-and-ink drawings, washed and highlighted with white chalk and sanguine 19.6 x 40.1 cm and 19.6 x 40.6 cm Pinholes at the corners; one has a small tear with a loss on the right side (0.6 cm); a few stains along the edges. Compare with: - Jean Naigeon, Allegories in Honor of Rubens and Le Sueur, black chalk, white and blue chalk, Anonymous Sale, Nice, Mes Wetterwald-Rannou-Cassegrain, December 6, 2003, lot 33, then Galerie Eric Coatelem, 2004. - Jean Naigeon, Allegories in Honor of Rubens and Le Sueur, oils on canvas, National Center for Visual Arts (Inv.: FNAC PFH-9114 and Inv.: FNAC PFH-9115). This pair of drawings, likely an initial sketch, was created when Naigeon was commissioned to decorate two tympanums in the East Gallery of the Luxembourg Palace, now the Senate. The two final grisaille paintings were removed during the Second Empire.