Study for Saint Gervasius, Eustache Le Sueur,

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Study for Saint Gervasius, ca2, Black chalk heightened with white chalk, on gray-beige paper. Framing lines in pen and brown ink., 16 7/8 x 10 5/16 in. ( x cm), Drawings, Eustache Le Sueur (French, Paris 1616–1655 Paris), One of the founders of French classicism, Le Sueur’s contemporaries considered him on par with Nicolas Poussin and Charles Le Brun. He did not make the traditional trip to Italy, but was trained in the busy studio of Simon Vouet, whose pleasing decorative style he assimilated

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