Attributed to Jules-Alexandre DUVAL LE CAMUS (1814-1878)
Escape to Egypt, sketch.
Oil on strong paper pasted on cardboard curved at the top.
25 x 17.5 cm.
Dent with accident, thick varnish. 
Wooden frame and gilded plaster topped by a cartouche with palm leaves.

Probably a preparatory study for the artist's 1857 Flight into Egypt (with a strong variation on the character of Joseph), presented by Napoleon III to the Notre-Dame church in Bourges in 1862.
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Attributed to Jules-Alexandre DUVAL LE CAMUS (1814-1878) Escape to Egypt, sketch. Oil on strong paper pasted on cardboard curved at the top. 25 x 17.5 cm. Dent with accident, thick varnish. Wooden frame and gilded plaster topped by a cartouche with palm leaves. Probably a preparatory study for the artist's 1857 Flight into Egypt (with a strong variation on the character of Joseph), presented by Napoleon III to the Notre-Dame church in Bourges in 1862.

Estimate
€300 - €400
Result
€280
Buyer's premium
25%
Attributed to Jules-Alexandre DUVAL LE CAMUS (1814-1878) Escape to Egypt, sketch. Oil on strong paper pasted on cardboard curved at the top. 25 x 17.5 cm. Dent with accident, thick varnish. Wooden frame and gilded plaster topped by a cartouche with palm leaves. Probably a preparatory study for the artist's 1857 Flight into Egypt (with a strong variation on the character of Joseph), presented by Napoleon III to the Notre-Dame church in Bourges in 1862.
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