ISERE (38) - CORPS - "Sommeil des jeunes bergers un instant avant l'apparition de la Vierge de La Salette au MONT-SOUS-LES-BAISSES". 19th century. Original Sketch by Félix Benoist (1818-1896) in graphite and enhanced with white gouache, on wove paper. Annotated on verso "Approved" and an unidentified pencil signature. PREPARATORY DRAWING for lithograph entitled "Sommeil des jeunes bergers un instant avant l'apparition / "Maximin and Mélanie, each leading a herd of cows, arrive at noon on September 19, 1846, on the plateau of La Salette, called Mont-sous-les-baisses, Overwhelmed by the excessive heat of the day, the young shepherds fell asleep after their meal, in the ravine of Sézia, where the Mother of God will soon appear to them."", for "l'album du Pélerin à N.D de la SALETTE" published in 1855 by Charpentier. Provenance: Fonds of the Charpentier workshop run by Pierre-Henri (1788-1854) and his son Henri-Désiré (1806-1883), printers and publishers based in Paris, then Nantes (from 1854). 23.2 x 31.5 cm. Condition A (rare and slight traces of handling, well preserved).
Timed Tuesday 23 June・13:00 (Europe/Paris)
Lot no. 112

ISERE (38) - CORPS - "Sommeil des jeunes bergers un instant avant l'apparition de la Vierge de La Salette au MONT-SOUS-LES-BAISSES". 19th century. Original Sketch by Félix Benoist (1818-1896) in graphite and enhanced with white gouache, on wove paper. Annotated on verso "Approved" and an unidentified pencil signature. PREPARATORY DRAWING for lithograph entitled "Sommeil des jeunes bergers un instant avant l'apparition / "Maximin and Mélanie, each leading a herd of cows, arrive at noon on September 19, 1846, on the plateau of La Salette, called Mont-sous-les-baisses, Overwhelmed by the excessive heat of the day, the young shepherds fell asleep after their meal, in the ravine of Sézia, where the Mother of God will soon appear to them."", for "l'album du Pélerin à N.D de la SALETTE" published in 1855 by Charpentier. Provenance: Fonds of the Charpentier workshop run by Pierre-Henri (1788-1854) and his son Henri-Désiré (1806-1883), printers and publishers based in Paris, then Nantes (from 1854). 23.2 x 31.5 cm. Condition A (rare and slight traces of handling, well preserved).

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ISERE (38) - CORPS - "Sommeil des jeunes bergers un instant avant l'apparition de la Vierge de La Salette au MONT-SOUS-LES-BAISSES". 19th century. Original Sketch by Félix Benoist (1818-1896) in graphite and enhanced with white gouache, on wove paper. Annotated on verso "Approved" and an unidentified pencil signature. PREPARATORY DRAWING for lithograph entitled "Sommeil des jeunes bergers un instant avant l'apparition / "Maximin and Mélanie, each leading a herd of cows, arrive at noon on September 19, 1846, on the plateau of La Salette, called Mont-sous-les-baisses, Overwhelmed by the excessive heat of the day, the young shepherds fell asleep after their meal, in the ravine of Sézia, where the Mother of God will soon appear to them."", for "l'album du Pélerin à N.D de la SALETTE" published in 1855 by Charpentier. Provenance: Fonds of the Charpentier workshop run by Pierre-Henri (1788-1854) and his son Henri-Désiré (1806-1883), printers and publishers based in Paris, then Nantes (from 1854). 23.2 x 31.5 cm. Condition A (rare and slight traces of handling, well preserved).
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Tuesday 23 June・13:00 (Europe/Paris)
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