A boar on a sacrifical altar, flanked by trees

Details

EDMÉ BOUCHARDON (CHAUMONT 1699-1672 PARIS)
A boar on a sacrifical altar, flanked by trees
red chalk, watermark cartouche with cross and letters ‘[...] JC [heart] I’ (?)
6 1⁄2 x 7 3⁄4 in. (16.5 x 19.7 cm), oval

Provenance

Anonymous sale; Christie’s, New York, 30 January 1998, lot 244.

Conditions of sale

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Lot Essay

This characteristic sheet by Bouchardon is probably a design for a medallion inspired by an antique gem. Bouchardon provided numerous drawings after antique gems for the prints in Pierre-Jean Mariette’s Traité des pierres gravées, published in 1750.

We are grateful to Edouard Kopp for confirming the attribution on the basis of a photograph.

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