Our oil study can be compared to the face seen in profile of a young Saint John in the Vocation de saint Jean l’évangéliste ( The Vocation of Saint John the Evangelist), one of four murals that Flandrin painted for the chapelle Saint-Jean in the church of Saint-Séverin, Paris between 18. Flandrin was elected member of the Academy of Fine Arts in 1853. He initially practiced history painting before turning to religious painting and played a leading role in the huge church decoration schemes that took place in the second half of the 19th century, particularly in Paris, Lyon and Nîmes. A pupil of Jean-Auguste Dominique Ingres, Flandrin received the Prix de Rome in 1832 for Thésée reconnu par son père ( Theseus Recognised by his Father, Paris, Beaux-Arts de Paris) and travelled to Villa Medici in Rome. Provenance: Paris, Laurin-Guilloux-Buffetaud sale, March 23rd, 2001, n ° 91 London, Jean Luc Baroni Ltd., 2003 New York, Sotheby’s, January 26th, 2012, n ° 222.īibliography: Catalogue Jean-Luc Baroni, 2003, n ° 38.īorn in Lyon, Hippolyte Flandrin began his career frequenting Pierre Révoil’s studio, which encouraged him to complete his training in Paris. Inscribed in black chalk lower right: 1 Juin 1842 (1 st June 1842). Study of the Head of Saint John the Evangelist in Profile
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