Alexandre-Denis ABEL de PUJOL (Valenciennes 1785 - Paris 186 - Lot 115

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Alexandre-Denis ABEL de PUJOL (Valenciennes 1785 - Paris 186 - Lot 115
Alexandre-Denis ABEL de PUJOL (Valenciennes 1785 - Paris 1861) Study of the Pharaoh for Egypt Saved by Joseph, decoration for the ceiling of Room C of the Egyptian Antiquities in the Louvre Black stone and white highlights on beige paper 37.8 x 28,4 cm Our drawing is a study for the pharaoh in the centre of the painting L'Egypte sauvée par Joseph, belonging to a cycle on the life of Joseph, made by Abel de Pujol in 1827 for the Louvre (see the illustrated summary catalogue of the paintings of the Musée d'Orsay and the Musée du Louvre - École française, Tome III, Paris, 1986, p. 34, reproduced) 34, reproduced). The painting was exhibited at the Salon des artistes français in Paris in 1827 and 1833. A former pupil of David, Abel de Pujol was awarded the Prix de Rome in 1811. He worked on numerous official commissions, creating decorations for the Louvre, the Palais Brongniart and the Palais Bourbon. He also designed stained glass windows for the church of Sainte-Elisabeth de Hongrie (rue du Temple in Paris), and the frescoes for one of the chapels of the church of Saint Sulpice.
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