Jacques Antoine Marie LEMOINE (1751 - 1824) - Lot 30

Jacques Antoine Marie LEMOINE (1751 - 1824) Young woman with mandolin Black stone and shading H. 37.8 cm - L. 28 cm DB Signed, located and dated "Malmaison 1779". Horizontal folding, soiling We can assume that this drawing represents one of the young habitués of the literary salon held by Madame du Molay at the Château de Malmaison, wife of Jacques-Jean Le Couteulx du Molay, a wealthy banker who acquired the property in 1771. A miniature portrait of Monsieur du Molay by Lemoine is preserved in the Musée de Malmaison. Himself an amateur musician, Lemoine frequented this salon, where he met the Abbé Delille, Madame Vigée-Lebrun (whom he befriended), Grimm and Bernardin de Saint-Pierre.