Lot Essay
As pointed out by Marianne Roland Michel (loc.cit.), the central figure derives from Claude Gillot's engraving entitled Le Grand hiver de l'année MDCCIX.
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Winter: a frozen fountain with figures on a staircase, in a painted oval
Details
Jacques de Lajoüe (Paris 1687-1761)
Winter: a frozen fountain with figures on a staircase, in a painted oval
signed 'LAJOVE' (lower center)
oil on canvas
17¼ x 39½in. (44 x 100.4cm.)
Winter: a frozen fountain with figures on a staircase, in a painted oval
signed 'LAJOVE' (lower center)
oil on canvas
17¼ x 39½in. (44 x 100.4cm.)
Provenance
Groult.
with Fabius Frères, Paris.
with Fabius Frères, Paris.
Literature
M. Roland-Michel, Lajoue et l'Art rocaille, 1984, Paris, p. 192, no. P29, fig. 70.