Jean-Baptiste MALEZIEUX dit PATIOT (Nauroy Aisne 1818 - 1906 - Lot 99

Jean-Baptiste MALEZIEUX dit PATIOT (Nauroy Aisne 1818 - 1906) / Original youth drawing in pencil on large paper, signed lower right, made during his studies at the Maurice Quentin de La Tour Royal School of Drawing in Saint-Quentin (Aisne): portrait dated October 19, 1833 (45 x 58 cm, spots of wetness on the right edge) [This free school, founded in 1782 by the famous pastellist, was intended to awaken the artistic senses of 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 and become a pupil of history painter François-Edouard Picot, himself a pupil of David].