Jean JOUVENET (1644 1717)
The death of Saint Joseph
Plume, bistre wash and white highlights on grey paper.
35.8 x 25.3 cm
Stamp from the Chennevières collection lower left (L.2072).
Feather mark in the lower left "AB", below left "Jouvenet" with a feather.
Lined.

Provenance:
- Former collection of the Marquis de Chennevières. Its sale, Paris, 4-7 April 1900, part of n° 245 "Compositions religieuses - Etude de têtes et de mains - Académies. Fourteen drawings in black stone and sanguine, on grey paper, several are in pen and ink wash" (sold for 29 francs to Robin) or n° 529 - "French school of the 17th century: ten drawings by or attributed to A. Fredeau, M. Fréminet, Guion, J. Hellart, Jouvenet, Lafage, Lagneau, Larcanger" - sold for 32 francs to Brouet.
- Former Louis Deglatigny collection. His 5th sale, Paris, 22-23 November 1937, part of n° 153 (as La mort d'un Apôtre)

Bibliography:
- Philippe de Chennevières, Une collection de dessins d'artistes français, L'Artiste, Ch. X, p. 170.
- A. Schnapper, Jean Jouvenet, 1644-1717, et la peinture d'histoire à Paris, Paris, 1974, n° 42.