Property from the collection of the late Walter L. Strauss
Michel Corneille the Younger
Atlas supporting the celestial globe with Hercules on the right
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January 26, 07:31 PM GMT
Estimate
3,000 - 4,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Property from the collection of the late Walter L. Strauss
Michel Corneille the Younger
Paris 1642 - 1708
Atlas supporting the celestial globe with Hercules on the right
Pen and brown ink and gray wash, over traces of black chalk, within partial red chalk framing lines;
bears old attribution/signed(?) in brown ink, lower right: M. Corneille
328 by 197 mm; 12⅞ by 7¾ in.
Eugène Rodrigues, Paris (L.897);
Walter L. Strauss, New York (1922-1988),
thence by descent
Walter L. Strauss, New York (1922-1988),
thence by descent
The vigor in the penwork and the academic approach of this drawing are typical of the draughtsmanship of Michel Corneille II. Corneille came from a family of painters. He was the son of Michel Corneille I ( c. 1601/3-1664) and the brother of Jean-Baptiste Corneille (1649-1695). He made his training in the studios of two leading artists, Charles Le Brun (1619-1690) and Pierre Mignard (1612-1695). The technique of this sheet shows the influence of both artists and must be a design for a frontispiece or an illustration, though presumably one that was never used, as the drawing appears not to have been indented for transfer.
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