THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN 
Raymond La Fage (1656-1690)

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Raymond La Fage (1656-1690)

The Sacrifice of Iphigenia

black chalk, pen and brown ink, gray wash, watermark a shield (?)
17 3/8 x 24¼in. (440 x 615mm.)

Lot Essay

Part of a group of drawings of a finished type similar to the series on the History of Toulouse, J. Arvengas, Raymond Lafage dessinateur, Paris, 1965, fig. 36.
The shield in the right foreground of the picture is characteristic of Lafage's compositions. Usually it even figures a small self-portrait of the artist and serves as a signature.