CHARLES LE BRUN, ARCHITECTRAL PROJECT WITH TWO RECLINING WOMEN, GRAPHITE, RED CHALK, BRUSH WITH GREY WASH This sketch of a revisited Athenienne at the center of the composition, surmounted by a crown and flanked by two partially draped allegorical figures, is reminiscent of one of the scenes on the ceiling of the Staircase of the Ambassadors at Versailles: the History of the King , painted in the late 1670s. In preparation for this ceiling, a painted sketch depicting Minerva and three muses with a crushed hydra at the center, surmounted by a crowned globe, bears some compositional similarities to the present drawing (Private collection ; Charles Le Brun 1619-1690. Le décor de l’escalier des Ambassadeurs à Versailles , exhib. cat., Versailles musée national du château de Versailles, n° 29, ill).
Charles Le Brun (1619-1690)Athénienne entourée de deux figures féminines surmontées d’une couronne (recto); Esquisse d'une figure féminine (verso)
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EUR 6,000 - EUR 8,000
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Closed: 22 Nov 2024
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Charles Le Brun (1619-1690)
Athénienne entourée de deux figures féminines surmontées d’une couronne (recto); Esquisse d'une figure féminine (verso)
Closed: 22 Nov 2024
Closed: 22 Nov 2024
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Athénienne entourée de deux figures féminines surmontées d’une couronne (recto); Esquisse d'une figure féminine (verso)
Charles Le Brun (1619-1690)
Estimate: EUR 6,000 - 8,000
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