Jacques SABLET - Lot 11

Jacques SABLET (Morges 1749 - Paris 1803) Study of three figures of women draped in the antique style, after sculptures in the Altemps palace Pen and brown ink, gray and brown wash over black stone lines, on three assembled sheets 20 x 29.5 cm Signed lower center JSablet Stamped lower left by the Paul Vercier collection (Lugt no. 3607) Provenance : Acquired by Paul Vercier in the Rennes art trade in 1962; Acquired by the current owner in 1982. Exhibition: Les frères Sablet, Nantes - Lausanne, Rome, 1986, no. 40, reproduced. Bibliography: A. de Sandt, Jacques Sablet 1749 - 1803, biographie et catalog raisonné, doctorat du 3ème cycle, Paris, 1984, no. D. 1. In their Roman palace, the Altemps family owned an important collection of antiques, including the statues that served as models for our drawing. Pajou also drew inspiration from them in a sketchbook belonging to the collections of the Ecole des Beaux Arts de Paris (Inv. 1300).