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Edwards,1996) ; acquis \u00e0 cette vente par le peintre Alexandre Pau de Saint-Martin pour le Louvre.\r\n\r\nCommentaire\r\nOeuvre marqu\u00e9e par l\u2019influence de Nicolas Poussin, notamment par Les Aveugles de J\u00e9richo pour le groupe des ap\u00f4tres situ\u00e9 derri\u00e8re le Christ (voir INV. 7281), tableau auquel Bourdon consacra une conf\u00e9rence \u00e0 l\u2019Acad\u00e9mie royale de peinture et de sculpture le 3 d\u00e9cembre 1667. Bourdon dispose les personnages au milieu de blocs de pierre, donnant ainsi un caract\u00e8re fortement g\u00e9om\u00e9trique \u00e0 la composition dans un esprit \u00e9galement poussinesque (voir INV. 7282 et INV. 7286). Le sujet est tir\u00e9 des \u00c9vangiles : \u00ab On lui pr\u00e9sentait aussi de petits enfants, afin qu\u2019il les touch\u00e2t : ce que voyant ses disciples les repoussaient avec des paroles rudes. Mais J\u00e9sus appelant \u00e0 lui ces enfants, dit \u00e0 ses disciples : Laissez venir \u00e0 moi les petits enfants, et ne les en emp\u00eachez point : car le royaume de Dieu est pour ceux qui leur ressemblent \u00bb (Lc, 18, 15-16 ; voir aussi Mt, 19, 13-15, et Mc, 10, 13-16) Un dessin pr\u00e9paratoire d\u2019ensemble est conserv\u00e9 \u00e0 l\u2019\u00c9cole nationale\r\nsup\u00e9rieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris (inv. 612). Il existe \u00e9galement une version du tableau de plus grand format (105 \u00d7 132 cm) conserv\u00e9e \u00e0 l\u2019Art Institute of Chicago. Le tableau du Louvre a \u00e9t\u00e9 transpos\u00e9 de toile sur toile par Fran\u00e7ois Toussaint Hacquin le 30 juillet 1827. Il a \u00e9t\u00e9 restaur\u00e9 par Jeanine Roussel-Nazat en 1971.","jabachInventory":"","napoleonInventory":"","previousOwner":[{"value":"M. Jullienne, Jean de","note":"","role":", Propri\u00e9taire"},{"value":"M. Dumasson","note":"","role":", Propri\u00e9taire"},{"value":"M. 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