- 444
French School, 17th Century
Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 GBP
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Description
- French School, 17th century
- A ceiling design with Jupiter, Leda, Demeter and Abundance
- Red chalk and brown wash heightened with white, on buff paper, squared in black chalk
Provenance
William Young Ottley (L.2664);
Sir Thomas Lawrence (L.2445);
With W.R. Jeudwine, Alpine Club Gallery, London, 1962
Sir Thomas Lawrence (L.2445);
With W.R. Jeudwine, Alpine Club Gallery, London, 1962
Catalogue Note
The old attribution to Charles Le Brun is justifiable in some respects, although it has not been possible to connect this study with any known works by the artist. There are a number of figure studies by Le Brun in the collection of the Louvre1 that individually share some compositional traits with the four figures in the present work, but their handling is not close enough to the present drawing to make any close link. Ralph Holland suggested in his notes that there are stylistic similarities with a design for the pediment overlooking the Cour de Marbre, Versailles, in the collection of the Nationalmuseum, Stockholm.2
1. Musée du Louvre, inv. nos. 28 948, 29 220, 28 043
2. See Charles Le Brun, peintre et dessinateur, exhib. cat., Versailles, 1963, under no. 156