Red Chalk Old Master Drawings by Watteau de Lille, Charles Pensée, and French/Italian School, 18th-19th century

Center:
François Joseph Charles Pensée (French, 1799-1871),
Bacchante, 19th century
Red chalk and pastel on paper
Sight: 11 ½ x 8 ½ in.
Framed: 22 ⅝ x 18 ¼ x 1 in.
Signed lower right: C. Pensee

Provenance: Private New York Collection

Condition: good (not examined outside of frame)

Value: $1,000

Left:
Louis-Joseph Watteau de Lille (French, 1731-1798)
Untitled, 18th century
Conte crayon on paper
Sight: 8 ¼ x 6 in.
Framed: 21 x 17 x ¾ in.

Provenance: Private New York Collection

Condition: Waves in paper (not examined outside of frame)

Value: $2,000

Right:
French School
St. Elisabeth of Hungary treating the Lepers, 19th century
Red chalk on paper
Sight: 18 ½ x 13 ½ in.
Framed: 31 ¼ x 25 ⅛ x 2 in.

Provenance: Private New York Collection

Condition: Small droplet stains at bottom (not examined outside of frame)

Value: $1,150

Daughter of the King of Hungary, Elisabeth was born in Presburg in 1207. At four she was sent to Thuringia to marry Louis, future Duke of Thurinigia, then 11 years old. The marraige took place in 1220 when Louis ascended the throne at the age of 16, Elisabeth was 13. From childhood, she was pious, an enemy of frivolous pleasures and compassionate to the poor. Elisabeth distributed her possessions to the poor and the needy, assisted the women in bed and the lepers, and visited the prisoners.