Old Master and British Works on Paper
Old Master and British Works on Paper
Property from the collection of the late Walter L. Strauss
Michel Corneille the Younger
Atlas supporting the celestial globe with Hercules on the right
Lot Closed
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.