Gabriel de SAINT-AUBIN (Paris 1724 - 1780) - Lot 25

Gabriel de SAINT-AUBIN (Paris 1724 - 1780) Scene from Molière's Tartuffe: Tartuffe presents his handkerchief to Finette to cover her breast. Pen and brown ink. Legended at bottom. 8.2 x 5.5 cm In a carved wood frame. Provenance : - Collection H. Detailleur, Paris, May 26-27, 1893, item 36 in collection no. 112. - Collection G. et T., Paris, January 31, 1898, no. 192 (with three other drawings of young girls, Le Pardon and Statue). - Collection M. et P., Paris, December 19, 1898, no. 103 (with the same three drawings as above). - Duc de Fleury sale, June 1931 (his label on verso). - Collection Grosjean, Sale Paris, Hôtel Drouot, March 26, 1958, no. 86. Exhibition: Saint-Aubin, Paris, Hôtel Charpentier, April 1925, n°207. Bibliography: Émile d'Acier, Gabriel de Saint-Aubin, peintre, dessinateur et graveur, II, Catalogue Raisonné, Paris, Bruxelles, Les Éditions G. Van OEST, 1931, no. 770, pp. 135-136.