Unidentified artist
Interior of a church with figures and a sculpture on a column
French 18th-century?

Artist: Unidentified artist
Title: Interior of a church with figures and a sculpture on a column
Date: 18^th-century?
School: French, French XVIIIth-century?
Medium: graphite, pen and ink and wash on laid paper
Dimensions: 181 x 123mm
Watermark: fleur-de-lis in a circle with star above (see image below)

Inscriptions/marks: inscribed in pen and ink lower left <<a S. Paolo.>>
Condition: fair condition, 55mm horizontal tear 50mm from lower edge. Hinged at the top on an 18^th-century style card mount with gold filet. Sale ticket pasted on back of frame (see image below)

Description: Interior view of a church with three fluted columns. Two figures on far left, one prostrating. Two figures in right foreground, one gesturing towards a sculpture on a high column.
Provenance: Dunbar Sloane, Wellington, 15 October 2021 as Antoine François Peyre (1739-1823)