Raymond LAFAGE
Lisle-sur-Tarn 1656 – Lyon 1684
Christ on the cross
Pen and brown ink, gray wash
307 × 159 mm
Outlined with a square line in pen and brown ink.
On the reverse, an inscription in pen and brown ink: N° 67 du catalogue Rivalz.
Provenance: Antoine Rivalz; Pierre Rivalz, known as “Le Chevalier Rivalz”; Chevalier de Damery (Lugt 2862); François Renaud (Lugt 1042).
This drawing appears in the catalog of the collection of Antoine Rivalz (1667–1735), known as the “Catalogue du chevalier Rivalz”—which lists the original drawings inherited by Pierre Rivalz from his father, Antoine Rivalz —From the Académie des Arts de Toulouse, Book I, Part II, no place, no date (certainly Toulouse, after 1735), listed under number LXVII as: Two drawings of Christ, height 1 foot, width 6 inches.