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Joseph Goupy
Estimate
12,000 - 18,000 USD
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Description
- Joseph Goupy
- Psyche discovering the sleeping Cupid and Venus chides Cupid: a pair
- both, pastel and gouache on canvas
Provenance
Frederick, Prince of Wales, commissioned circa 1737;
Joseph Goupy, his posthumous sale, London, 3 April 1770, part of lot 772;
Private collection New York;
Parke-Bernet Galleries, (PB 84) New York, 30 September 1970, lot 334 (as Anonymous);
Private Collection, New York (purchased at the above sale).
Joseph Goupy, his posthumous sale, London, 3 April 1770, part of lot 772;
Private collection New York;
Parke-Bernet Galleries, (PB 84) New York, 30 September 1970, lot 334 (as Anonymous);
Private Collection, New York (purchased at the above sale).
Literature
Bruce Roberson with Robert Dance, “Joseph Goupy and the Art of the Copy,” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art, Volume 75, number 10, Cleveland, 1988, p. 574, under footnote 31, and ibid., in “Joseph Goupy: Checklist of Prints, Drawings and Paintings,” p. 380 under nos. 59-70.
Condition
In original condition, on their 18th century stretchers, unlined. Each work has minor abrasions, especially Venus Chides Cupid. Framed behind glass.
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In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
Catalogue Note
This pair of pastels are two from a set of twelve “to-scale” copies by Joseph Goupy after Luca Giordano’s original oil on copper paintings depicting the story of Cupid and Psyche, circa 1695-7. The works are presumably from the set commissioned by Frederick, Prince of Wales and heir to throne (1707 –1751), who in 1736 named Goupy as his Cabinet Painter.1 At the time of the commission, Giordano’s originals—now in the Royal Collection at Hampton Court —were in the collection of Sir Gregory Page Turner at Blackheath House.2 Upon his death, Frederick’s son George III inherited the throne and acquired the original series on copper by Giordano for the Royal Collection.3
1. Bruce Roberson, with Robert Dance, “Joseph Goupy and the Art of the Copy,” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art, Volume 75, number 10, p. 380.
2. Cf. Michael Levey, The Later Italian Pictures in the Collection of her Majesty the Queen, Cambridge 1991, p. 97.
3. For the original oil on copper series of paintings of Psyche and Cupid by Luca Giordano please see Michael Levey, op. cit. pp. 94-98. Nos. 502-513. Psyche Discovering the Sleeping Cupid (RCIN 406771), 57.2 x 68.6 cm (22 ½ x 27 in.) op. cit., p. 96, no. 510, pl. 165; Venus Chides Cupid (RCIN 406773), 57.2 x 70.2 cm. (22 ½ x 27 5/8 in.) p. 97, no. 513, pl. 168.