Work: 228 x 143,5 cm Frame: 247 x 163,5 cmThe painting represents an episode in the life of Saint Genevieve: on arriving in Nanterre, Saint Germain notices a young girl in the crowd whom he designates as chosen by God. He offers her to be a nun and she accepts. Saint Genevieve became the patron of Paris,suggesting a Parisian destination for the painting: Genevieve was the dedicatee of a very active abbey between 1619 and 1634 with Cardinal de La Rochefoucauld orthe painting could also have been painted for the abbey church of Saint-Germain-des-Pres which is here the interlocutor of the saint.  We thank Mr. Sylvain Kerspern for the information about the painting (a report-certificate is provided with the work).