Jean-François-Maurice-Arnauld Dudevant, Baron Dudevant 1823-1889. Better known as Maurice Sand. French School 19th.Century. Watercolour and pencil costume design. Cupidon. Provenance: Thomas Alexander 3rd. Baron Fermor-Hesketh Sotheby's Easton Neston Sale May 2005 Lot 211as French School. Slightly foxed to no real detriment. 15.3 by 19.3 cms. To mounted image.
Sand was the elder child and only son of George Sand the French novelist and feminist. He studied art under Eugène Delacroix and was also a prolific writer and entomologist. In addition to his numerous novels, he is best remembered for his monumental study of the commedia del Arte– Masques et bouffons (comédie italienne), 1860. For which this drawing may be a preparatory study.