Charles-Nicolas Cochin the Younger

Estimate

5,000 - 6,000 USD

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Description

Charles-Nicolas Cochin the Younger
Idomeneus, directed by Mentor, witnessing the happiness of his subjects in a wedding procession to the temple
Red chalk over traces of black chalk;
inscribed in pen and black ink: Idomenée, dirigé par Mentor, jouït de la felicité de ses Peuples, / qui se manifeste par des Mariages . Avant . de Telemaque.Liv. XIII . / C.N. Cochin filius delin . 1775

Provenance

Sale, London, Christie's, 8 April 1986, lot 96;
with Galerie Cailleux, Paris

Literature

C. Michel, Charles-Nicolas Cochin et le livre illustré au XVIIIe siècle, Geneva 1987, p. 330, under letter (n)

Catalogue Note

This drawing is one of a number of designs for the final illustration in the series Cochin provided for an edition of Fébnelon's, Les Aventures de Télémaque. It was engraved by Jean-Baptiste Lucien. Cochin started work on the project in 1773 and the serialized publication began in 1776 but was abandoned in 1778. Another red chalk drawing relating to the same illustration, but in reverse to the present sheet, was recently on the Paris art market.¹

1. Sale, Paris, Christie's, 1 April 2011, lot 75