Jean-Baptiste MALEZIEUX dit PATIOT (Nauroy Aisne 1818 - 1906 - Lot 98

Jean-Baptiste MALEZIEUX dit PATIOT (Nauroy Aisne 1818 - 1906) / Original early pencil drawing on large paper, signed lower right, made during his studies at the Ecole royale de dessin Maurice Quentin de La Tour de Saint-Quentin (Aisne): "3rd Head", dated November 20, 1833 (45.5 x 58.5 cm, traces of wetness on the right-hand side) [This free school, founded in 1782 by the famous pastellist, was intended to awaken the artistic sense in young people, particularly those destined for the mechanical arts of textiles, a specialty of the region, Jean-Baptiste, from a family of weavers, began classes in 1832, and for 5 years received the most prestigious prizes and awards at the school, enabling him to enter the Beaux-Arts de Paris in 1837, where he became a pupil of history painter François-Edouard Picot, himself a pupil of David].