Lot 42
Lot 42
Property from the Collection of Nina R. and Arthur A. Houghton, Jr.
JEAN-HONORÉ FRAGONARD (Grasse 1732-1806 Paris)

Sacripante staring at the horseman who felled him (Orlando furioso, I, 60, 62-64)

    Price Realised USD 20,000
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    USD 20,000 - USD 30,000
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    JEAN-HONORÉ FRAGONARD (Grasse 1732-1806 Paris)

    Sacripante staring at the horseman who felled him (Orlando furioso, I, 60, 62-64)

    Price Realised USD 20,000
    Price Realised USD 20,000
    Details
    JEAN-HONORÉ FRAGONARD (Grasse 1732-1806 Paris)
    Sacripante staring at the horseman who felled him (Orlando furioso, I, 60, 62-64)
    black chalk, brown and gray wash, watermark coat-of-arms with a star surmounted by a crown
    151⁄2 x 93⁄4 in. (39.4 x 24.7 cm)
    Provenance
    see under lot 40.
    Literature
    E. Mongan, P. Hofer and J. Seznec, Fragonard. Drawings for Ariosto, London, 1945, p. 62, pl. 7 (as illustrating I, 74, Bradamante fells Sacripante).
    M.-A. Dupuy-Vachey, Fragonard et le Roland Furieux, Paris, 2003, no. 10, p. 378, ill.
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    Lot Essay

    Sacripante is lying on the ground with his legs trapped under the dead body of his horse. He does not know that the knight who struck him down is the courageous heroine Bradamante.
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