Charles Victoire Frédéric Moench, called Munich - The Monk of Calais - image-1

Lot 1314 Dα

Charles Victoire Frédéric Moench, called Munich - The Monk of Calais

Auction 1108 - overview Cologne
16.05.2018, 11:00 - Old Master Paintings and Drawings, Sculpture
Estimate: 12.000 € - 15.000 €
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Charles Victoire Frédéric Moench, called Munich

The Monk of Calais

Oil on canvas. 57 x 49 cm.
Signed and dated lower right: C. Moench 1831..

This painting depicts a scene from Laurence Stern's famous book “A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy”, which was first published in London in 1768. Whilst travelling with Madame de L., the Reverend Yorick met a monk in Calais begging for alms for his abbey. Yorick first refused to give him anything, but later regretted his decision. In this work, we see him exchanging his valuable tortoiseshell snuffbox for the simple horn snuffbox of the monk Pater Lorenzo. Yorick was to keep this trinket with him throughout his travels, and even had it with him when he wept tears of mourning over Pater Lorenzo's grave.

Provenance

French Collection.

Literature

Explication des ouvrages de peinture, sculpture, gravure, lithographie et architecture des artistes vivans, exposés au Musée Royal le 1er Mai 1831, Paris 1831, p. 118, no. 1425 (La tabatière à Calais. Sterne, Voyage sentimental).

Exhibitions

Paris, Musée Royal, 1831.