Rediscovered Poussin Drawing to Headline Christie's Paris Sale
March 3 2025
Picture: Christie's
Posted by Adam Busiakiewicz:
Christie's Paris have shared news that a rediscovered drawing by Nicolas Poussin will headline their upcoming Dessins Anciens et du XIXe siècle sale on 26th March 2025.
According to their press release:
Belonging to the prestigious British collection of Jonathan Richardson senior (1665-1745), this delicate composition in a blond wash (highly characteristic of Nicolas Poussin’s drawings) of Sainte Catherine agenouillée entourée de putti et regardant une image pieuse depicts the kneeling Saint Catherine surrounded by putti and gazing at a sacred image (€60,000-80,000), while the object which caused her martyrdom, the wheel, is shown broken not far from her. This early drawing, probably produced in Rome between 1627 and 1630, is stylistically similar to a group of mythological scenes, also featuring putti, in the Musée de Condé in Chantilly, the Beaux-Arts in Paris and the Uffizi in Florence.
