Baron Jean-Baptiste Regnault (Paris 1754-1829)

The Origin of Painting, or Dibutade tracing the profile of the shepherd; and The Origin of Sculpture, or Pygmalion and Galatea

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Baron Jean-Baptiste Regnault (Paris 1754-1829)
The Origin of Painting, or Dibutade tracing the profile of the shepherd; and The Origin of Sculpture, or Pygmalion and Galatea
both signed 'Regnault'
black chalk, pen and black ink, brown wash, one with fragmentary watermark
6½ x 8½ in. (17.2 x 21.5 cm.)
a pair (2)

Provenance

Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, Monaco, 5 December 1991, lot 73.

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Victoria Scott

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Descrizione dettagliata lotto

Preparatory studies, with some differences, for a pair of overdoors commissioned by Louis XVI in 1785 for the Salon des Nobles de la Reine at Versailles, where they remain today (Figs. 1 and 2).

Altri da Living with Design: The Collections of Walter Lees and Mr NC.

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