FRANÇOIS-ÈDOUARD PICOT (French, 1786-1868). ARTIST SKETCHING A TOMB, 1816, signed, located "Roma" and dated 1816 in pencil lower left. Brown and tan wash heightened with lead white over graphite - Framed, sheet: 5 7/16 in. x 6 9/16 in. Estimate $800-1,000
PROVENANCE: Adams Davidson Galleries, Inc. Washington, DC Exhibition, "French Classicism" November 19-December 27, 1977 (bears label verso)
Shepherd Gallery, New York, NY Exhibition, " Ingres & Delacroix through Degas & Puvis de Chavannes: The Figure in French Ar, 1800-1870," May 20-June 28, 1975, Cat.no.21, (pp.49-50) Ill, p. 50 (bears label verso)
Fogg Art museum Loan (# 15790.12) (bears label verso)
