Lot 123: Jean Bardin (Montbard 1732-1809 Orléans)

An allegory of music dancing with putti; and Bacchus dancing with drinking figures
signed and dated 'Bardin 1776' (2)
pen and grey ink, grey wash, bodycolor on light brown paper
12 1/4 x 6 1/8 in. (312 x 157 mm.) (2)

E. de Goncourt, La maison d'un artiste, Paris, 1881, I, p. 41.
E. Launay, Les frères Goncourt, collectionneurs de dessins, Paris, 1991, no. 7.
E. Bénézit, Dictionnaire critique et Documentaire des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs at Graveurs, Paris, 1999 (reprinted), I, p. 743.

(1 and 2) Eugène Tondu; Paris, 10-12 May 1865, lot 12 (23 francs to Goncourt).
(1) E. and J. de Goncourt; Paris, 19 March 1870, lot 78.
(2) E. and J. de Goncourt (L. 1089); Paris, 15 February 1897, lot 5 (140 francs to Jorel).
(1) A. Piat; Paris, 22-3 March 1897, lot 43.
(1 and 2) L. Deglatigny (L. 1768a); Paris, 28 May 1937, lots 24-5 (2,400 francs to Bénézit).

These two drawings were bought together by the Goncourt brothers in 1865 but were separated five years later, with only the signed drawing remaining in the collection. The pair were probably reunited soon after 1897.