Philippe-Auguste HENNEQUIN
1762 - 1833
Saint-Benedict giving his rule to his order
Plate 24 from the suite of 48 subjects composing the Recueil d’Esquisses et Fragments de Compositions de Mr. Hennequin Lithographiés par lui, Tournay, 1825
Original lithograph
310 × 240 mm, margins 440 × 292 mm
Fine impression on wove paper printed by C. Aubry, light folds, small lack of paper in the lower left angle,
yellowing along the edges
Provenance : Artist’s blind stamp affixed on all the sheets of the compilation (Lugt 2068) and F. Heugel (Lugt 3373)
References : Beraldi VII, p. 76, IFF 2, lack ?, J. Benoit, L. 24
N.B. This print reproduces a fragment of a painting done by the artist for the reproduit un fragment du tableau peint par l’artiste pour le monastery of the Cistercian Bernardines of Esquermes in Saint-André-Lez-Lille (cf. J. Benoit p. 69)