SAINT-QUENTIN (02) - Louis-Nicolas LEMASLE (1788-1876, paint - Lot 84

SAINT-QUENTIN (02) - Louis-Nicolas LEMASLE (1788-1876, painter and student of David, director of the Ecole royale de dessin de Saint-Quentin) / "Felipe Pellegrini in the role of Uberto" in the opera "Agnès" by Ferdinando Paer (Felipe Pellegrini, 1774-1832, Italian tenor), pen drawing attributed to Louis-Nicolas LEMASLE, it is unsigned (it is a working document), but includes a set of Lemasle's autograph annotations for the colors of the frock coat, breeches and stockings, he double-captioned it: "Si si lo trovero", a tirade from Uberto, and "dans l'Agnes" - A print (preserved in the archives of the Teatro Regio in Italy) with the same captions was made from this drawing, which clarifies that this opera premiered in Naples at the Teatro Florentini in 1812, The drawing itself (10.5 x 13 cm) has been mounted on a sheet of paper on which the annotations have been written, itself mounted on a paper support forming a marie-louise, the edges of which are defined in ink (25.5 x 27.5 cm, shortened at the top, with a visible tear); an early attribution in pencil at the bottom (erroneous as to the date of death) is noted - a paper print of the print from the Italian site is enclosed.