Jan GAREMIJN (Bruges 1712 - 1799) Head with grimacing expression Black stone and white chalk highlights on blue paper. Dated upper right. (Hole top left, folds, small stains). 32 x 26 cm Our drawing can be compared with the figure on the left of the painting entitled Don Lorenzo Bellavita, l'extracteur de dents, dated 1789 and held in a private collection (see : Exhibition catalog, Trois maîtres flamands, Garemyn, Pulinx, Pepers, Stadshallen Brugge, Desclée de Brouwer, 1955, pl. XIII, p.49). As a young man, Jan Garemijn was a pupil of the sculptor Rochus Aerts, Hendrik Pulinx and Lodewijk Roose, both painters. In 1765, he became professor and director of the Bruges Academy, a position he held for ten years. A prolific artist, he is admired above all for his drawing skills. His style was strongly influenced by the great French artists Boucher, Fragonard and Greuze, as well as his compatriots Jordaens and Rubens.