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François Lemoyne (1688 - 1737)
Lot 316: *Francois Le Moyne (1688-1737) study of a young man seen from behind. Bears inscription in brown
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Sotheby's
January 23, 2001
New York, NY, US
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Description
*Francois Le Moyne (1688-1737) study of a young man seen from behind. Bears inscription in brown ink: Watteau. Red chalk. 249 by 127mm. Provenance: Jacques Petit-Hory (bears his collector's mark, not in Lugt). The drawing was first attributed to Lemoyne by Margaret Morgan Grasselli, who identified the figure as the groom helping the woman dismount in The Hunt Breakfast, painted in 1723, now in the Museu de Arte, Sao Paolo. There are at least six other known studies for this painting, one of which is in the Metropolitan Museum, New York (see J.-L. Bordeaux, Francois Le Moyne and his Generation, 1688-1737, Neuilly-sur-Seine 1984, pp.88-89, no.38, fig.34 and fig.183). The present drawing will be included in J.-L. Bordeaux's addenda to his Le Moyne catalogue.
*Francois Le Moyne (1688-1737)
study of a young man seen from behind.
Bears inscription in brown ink: Watteau.
Red chalk.
249 by 127mm.
Provenance:
Jacques Petit-Hory (bears his collector's mark, not in Lugt).
The drawing was first attributed to Lemoyne by Margaret Morgan Grasselli, who identified the figure as the groom helping the woman dismount in The Hunt Breakfast, painted in 1723, now in the Museu de Arte, Sao Paolo. There are at least six other known studies for this painting, one of which is in the Metropolitan Museum, New York (see J.-L. Bordeaux, Francois Le Moyne and his Generation, 1688-1737, Neuilly-sur-Seine 1984, pp.88-89, no.38, fig.34 and fig.183). The present drawing will be included in J.-L. Bordeaux's addenda to his Le Moyne catalogue.
*Francois Le Moyne (1688-1737)
study of a young man seen from behind.
Bears inscription in brown ink: Watteau.
Red chalk.
249 by 127mm.
Provenance:
Jacques Petit-Hory (bears his collector's mark, not in Lugt).
The drawing was first attributed to Lemoyne by Margaret Morgan Grasselli, who identified the figure as the groom helping the woman dismount in The Hunt Breakfast, painted in 1723, now in the Museu de Arte, Sao Paolo. There are at least six other known studies for this painting, one of which is in the Metropolitan Museum, New York (see J.-L. Bordeaux, Francois Le Moyne and his Generation, 1688-1737, Neuilly-sur-Seine 1984, pp.88-89, no.38, fig.34 and fig.183). The present drawing will be included in J.-L. Bordeaux's addenda to his Le Moyne catalogue.
About the Artist
François Lemoyne (1688 - 1737)
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