Joseph Cellony le Jeune (Aix-en-Provence 1730-1786)

Moses and the Brazen Serpent

Details

Joseph Cellony le Jeune (Aix-en-Provence 1730-1786)
Moses and the Brazen Serpent
pen and black ink, grey wash, with a collage correction to the head of a figure, watermark proprietary
9 7/8 x 15 7/8 in. (25.2 x 40.5 cm.)

Provenance

With Charles E. Slatkin Galleries, New York (as Gaspare Diziani).

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Lot Essay

A pupil of Michel-François Dandré-Bardon, Cellony was mainly active in Marseille and was a member of the city's Academy of painting. A drawing of the same composition, but with differences, is in the Horvitz collection (Mastery & Elegance. Two Centuries of French Drawings from the Collection of Jeffrey E. Horvitz, exhib. cat. Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University Art Museums, and elsewhere, 1999-2000, p. 413, no. A.62, illus.).

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