Live auction - Lot 502
[Devotion]
Sainte Geneviève.
18th-19th c
€ 200 / 300
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Lot description
Drawing, black ink and watercolour, 26,5 x 19 cm, with ms. legend.
Framed (not studied outside frame).
Fine drawing of Genevieve, the patroness saint of Paris in the Roman Catholic and Orthodox traditions. Shown here as a shepherdess reading and spinning, with a lamb, as a symbol of virtue and her faith.