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34 - French School, c. 1815–1820 (Circle of Pierre-Paul Prud’hon)…
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French School, c. 1815–1820 (Circle of Pierre-Paul Prud’hon) Study for ‘Wisdom and Truth Descend upon the Earth’ Black pencil, stump and white chalk highlights on blue paper A study of a head on the reverse 32 x 24.5 cm Provenance: Collection of Arthur Georges Veil-Picard (1854–1944); Then passed down through the family; Private collection, Paris Related works: Pierre-Paul Prud’hon, ‘Wisdom and Truth Descend upon the Earth and the Darkness Covering It Disperses at Their Approach’, oil on canvas, Paris, Musée du Louvre, INV 7341 (fig. 1) Pierre-Paul Prud’hon, Wisdom and Truth Descend upon the Earth and the Darkness Covering It Disperses as They Approach, painted sketch, Munich, Neue Pinakothek, no. 10031 (fig. 2) Pierre-Paul Prud’hon, Wisdom and Truth Descend upon the Earth and the Darkness that Covers It Disperses as They Approach, drawing from the Year II competition, circular in form, black and white pencils on blue paper, Frankfurt, Städel Museum, no. 16337 (Sylvain Laveissière, *Prud’hon or the Dream of Happiness*, Paris, New York, 1998, no. 116) Pierre-Paul Prud’hon, *Study for the figure of Wisdom* (Jean Guiffrey, *The Work of P.P. Prud’hon*, Paris, 1924, no. 126) Pierre-Paul Prud’hon, Initial idea for the composition (Jean Guiffrey, *Ibid.*, no. 127) French School, c. 1815–1820 (Circle of Pierre-Paul Prud’hon) 32 x 24.5 cm
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Auction time 09/15/2026 at 11:00 AM
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