E. Le Sueur - Galerie de Saint Bruno - 1816

Fascinating illustrated edition of this work devoted to the famous series of paintings by Eustache Le Sueur surrounding the life of Saint Bruno, founder of the Carthusian order, and it constitutes an important testimony to one of the most remarkable ensembles of French religious painting of the 17th century -

The original series, designed for the cloister of the Paris Carthusian monastery, tells in several compositions the principal episodes of the saint’s life, from his religious vocation and withdrawal from the world to the events that punctuate his spiritual life, constantly emphasizing solitude, meditation, penance, prayer, and the search for a life entirely devoted to God -

Choosing Saint Bruno as a subject allows Le Sueur to develop iconography deeply linked to the Carthusian ideal, based on silence, asceticism, and detachment from worldly goods -

E. Le Sueur - Gallery of Saint Bruno - 1816 - A. Villerey -
[2] ff.-46 Pages.

Good condition of the binding, the work in its full original card cover, wear from use, a few minor defects on boards and spine, headcaps rubbed, corners worn, speckled edges, smooth spine adorned with gold fillets, gilded title -

Good interior condition, foxing scattered, beautiful vignette on the title page, the work enriched with numerous and beautiful engravings in black off the text, a pleasant copy -

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