Saint surrounded by putti.

Drawing, black chalk heightened with white, 27 x 20 cm, blue prepared paper, unsigned (minor creases, coll. stamps on recto).

Under passe-partout.

Early Baroque drawing of a saint or church father on the clouds, reading from the Scripture. He is surrounded by eight putti. Given the use of blue paper, the iconography and the drawing style, most likely by an Italian artist.
Prov. Musée des Beaux-Arts de Reims (coll. stamp Lugt 2133d). - Unidentified coll. mark at lower left (Lugt 2958c).