Lot Essay
This Doric design was engraved with minor differences by Jean-Dominique-Etienne Le Canu (New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, inv. 54.512.11).
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PROPERTY FROM A PRINCELY COLLECTION
JACQUES-FRANÇOIS BLONDEL (ROUEN 1705-1774 PARIS)
Design for a fountain
Details
JACQUES-FRANÇOIS BLONDEL (ROUEN 1705-1774 PARIS)
Design for a fountain
signed and inscribed '.Blondel.jn. Thevenot. delin.' (lower centre)
graphite, pen and black and grey ink and watercolour, watermark fleur-de-lys within a circle surmounted by a star and two hearts, on laid paper, unframed
11 x 17 7/8 in. (27.9 x 45.5 cm.)
Design for a fountain
signed and inscribed '.Blondel.jn. Thevenot. delin.' (lower centre)
graphite, pen and black and grey ink and watercolour, watermark fleur-de-lys within a circle surmounted by a star and two hearts, on laid paper, unframed
11 x 17 7/8 in. (27.9 x 45.5 cm.)
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 23 January 2001, lot 321.
Brought to you by
Lucy Speelman
Junior Specialist, Head of Part II