16th century FRENCH SCHOOL Entourage of François CLOUET (cir - Lot 16

16th century FRENCH SCHOOL Entourage of François CLOUET (circa 1505 / 1515-1572) Portrait of an Ecclesiastic (circa 1540) Black pencil, red chalk, red chalk and yellow pencil. Grape watermark (stains, some foxing, small loss in the center of the upper border). H. 43 L. 29.8 cm Provenance: 1 - Ancienne collection G. A., Paris, May 4, 1951, no. 18 (reproduced as Corneille de Lyon, presumed portrait of Jean Calvin); 2 - See label on reverse of carton; former Tudor Wilkinson collection; its sale in Paris, Hôtel Drouot, July 3, 1969, no. 37 Exhibition: Cent portraits d'hommes, Paris, galerie Charpentier, 1952, no. 42, as Hans Holbein, portrait of Jean Cauvin (Calvin.) Related documentation: E. Doumergue, iconographie calvinienne. Maillart-Gosse e. Demole, (Lausanne, 1909, ed. G.Bridel)