Jean Démosthène Dugourc
La Beauté sacrifie aux Grâces, récompense les talents, et est couronnée par l’Amour
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January 25, 07:36 PM GMT
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Jean Démosthène Dugourc
Versailles 1749 - 1825 Paris
La Beauté sacrifie aux Grâces, récompense les talents, et est couronnée par l’Amour
Pen and black ink and gray wash within an elaborate mount;
signed with the artist's monogram and dated in black ink, lower left: JDD / 1776
192 by 152 mm; 7⅝ by 5⅞ in. (oval)
In the present, finely preserved work, Beauty, crowned by Love, sacrifices herself to the Three Graces on the right, while she rewards Talent depicted by Music, Painting and Military Courage at her feet. Although this drawing cannot currently be associated to a specific project, the style is similar to descriptions of the original designs for the Folie d’Artois in the Bois de Boulogne made in 1939 by Ernst de Ganay, who mentions a series of painted doors dedicated to the Progress of Love in the boudoir on the first floor.
1. E. de Ganay, Château et manoirs de France/ Ile-de-France, vol. V, 1939, p. 7
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