Design drawing for the portrait of Henri-Étienne Dérivis.

Black and blue chalk, white gouache, blue and pink wash, 10,7 x 10,7 cm (visible), wove paper, signed and dated "A. P. Vincent 1807".

Under passe-partout and ornamental frame (not studied outside frame). Excellent condition.

Tondo portrait of the young French singer Henri-Étienne Dérivis (1780-1856), who had a long career at the Opéra de Paris. Refined design drawing for the stipple engraving by Antoine-Achille Bourgeois de la Richardière (1777-1838), of which an impression is in Paris (BnF, inv. ark:/12148/cb39604327g).