Jean-Baptiste Marie PIERRE (1714-1789) Album of 24 drawings - Lot 33

Jean-Baptiste Marie PIERRE (1714-1789) Album of 24 drawings after La Vie de saint Bruno by Eustache Le Sueur. Circa 1740, black stone and red chalk Album size: 77 x 59.2 cm Bibliography: Nicolas Lesur and Olivier Aaron, Jean-Baptiste Marie Pierre, 1714-1789, Paris, Arthena, 2009, no. D.105 to D.132, p. 349-358, reproduced. All drawings are squared in black stone or red chalk and annotated in pen in the upper right-hand corner with a number from 1 to 24: 1 Saint Bruno attends a sermon by Raymond Diocrès 2 The death of Raymond Diocrès 3 Raymond Diocrès speaking during his funeral 4 Saint Bruno in prayer 5 Saint Bruno teaching theology in the schools of Reims 6 Saint Bruno and six of his disciples leave to retire into solitude (Les Adieux de saint Bruno) 7 Saint Bruno's dream 8 Saint Bruno and his companions distribute their goods to the poor 9 Saint Bruno's arrival in Grenoble, with Saint Hugues 10 Saint Hugues leading Saint Bruno and his companions into the solitude of the Chartreuse 11 Saint Bruno supervising the construction of the Grande Chartreuse monastery 14 12 Saint Hugues giving the white habit to Saint Bruno and his companions 13 Pope Victor III approving the institution of the Chartreux order 14 Saint Bruno giving the habit to several novices 15 Saint Bruno receiving a message from the Pope 16 Saint Bruno at the feet of Pope Urban II 17 Saint Bruno refuses the archbishopric of Reggio 18 Saint Bruno prays in his hermitage in Calabria 19 Saint Bruno meets Count Roger in Sicily 20 Saint Bruno reveals to Count Roger a conspiracy against him in a dream 21 Saint Bruno dies 22 Saint Bruno is taken up to heaven by the angels 23 Dedication of a Carthusian church (partial copy) 24 Saint Bruno examines a drawing of Diocletian's baths, site of the future Carthusian monastery in Rome