Jean de SAINT - IGNY - Lot 30

Jean de SAINT - IGNY (Rouen 1595 - 1649) Young man with hat Sanguine. 18.5 x 14 cm Provenance : - Probably from an album in Jean de Saint-Igny's studio collection. - Former collection of Sir James Tylney (or Tilney) Long (1736-1894), 7th Baronet, Wanstead House Essex. - Christie's sale, London, March 26, 1974, no. 109, as from the collection of the Reverend Geoffrey Bennett. - Former Mrs. Orey collection, New York, purchased from her in 1988 by Jan and Marie-Anne Krugier-Poniatowski. - Former collection of Jan and Marie-Anne Krugier-Poniatowski, Geneva. Exhibitions : - Madrid, Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Miradas sin Tiempo - Dibujos, Pinturas y Esculturas de la Coleccion Jan y Marie-Anne Krugier-Poniatowski, Madrid 2000, p. 122, no. 45; reproduced in color, p. 123 (as Jacques de Bellange). Bibliography: - C. Comer, Studies in Lorraine Art, ca. 1580- ca. 1625, PhD thesis, Princeton University (reproduced from microfilm by University Microfilms International), no. 87, p. 262 (as Jacques de Bellange). - Linie, Licht und Schatten - Meisterzeichnungen und Skulpturen der Sammlung Jan und Marie-Anne Krugier-Poniatowski, exh. cat. Berlin 1999, p. 395, reproduced (as Jacques de Bellange). - The Timeless Eye - Master Drawings from the Jan and Marie-Anne Krugier-Poniatowski Collection, exh. cat., Berlin 1999, p. 396, reproduced (as Jacques de Bellange). - J. Thuillier, Jacques de Bellange, exhibition catalog, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rennes (February 16 - May 14 2001), Rennes 2001, p. 323 (as Jean de Saint-Igny), not reproduced. Our sheet comes from a set of drawings, long given to Bellange, and returned to Saint-Igny by Jacques Thuillier. Several sheets from this set are now in museum collections. (see : J. Thuillier, Jacques de Bellange, exhibition catalog, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rennes (February 16 - May 14 2001), Rennes 2001, p. 320).