Lot 160
  • 160

Robert Nanteuil

Estimate
12,000 - 15,000 EUR
bidding is closed

Description

  • Robert Nanteuil
  • Portrait de Marc de Vulson de la Colombière (? - 1658)
  • Inscrit au dos du montage Henry de la Tour d'Auvergne, Duc de Bouillon, Vte de Turenne, Maréchal de France, dessiné par Robert Nanteuil en 165[?]
  • Pointe d'argent, plume et réhauts de blanc sur vélin
  • 10 x 7,5cm
L'identité du modèle est connu grâce à la gravure du portrait par Nicolas Regnesson sur laquelle le nom du modèle est ecrit.

Provenance

Collection particulière;
Vente anonyme, Troyes, Maître Thierry Pomez, entre 1980 et 1988, n°79 rep. p.4;
Galerie Charles et André Bailly, Paris en 1989.

Exhibited

Paris, galerie Bailly, 1989, p.94, rep. p.95 (comme Portrait du Maréchal Henri de la Tour d'Auvergne, vicomte de Turenne)

Literature

A. Adamczak, Robert Nanteuil (Reims, ca. 1623- Paris, 1678), Portraitiste du temps de Louis XIV, thèse de doctorat, Université de Paris IV- Sorbonne, 2007, n°2, rep. pl.26;
A. Adamczak, Robert Nanteuil (ca. 1623-1678), Arthena, 2011, fig.6 p.126, rep. fig.6, p.32 et P.127 (Comme portrait de Marc de Vulson de la Colombière)

Condition

The drawing is overall in good condition. The vellum is slightly warped and slightly faded.
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