Anne-Louis Girodet de Roucy-Trioson (1767-1824)

Details

Anne-Louis Girodet de Roucy-Trioson (1767-1824)

Achilles preparing the Pyre of Patroclus

inscribed '-ACHYLE PRENANT DEUX TROYENS POUR LE BUCHER DE PATROCLE'; black chalk, pen and black ink, brown wash, watermark encircled sword
11¾ x 17 7/8in. (300 x 455mm.)

Lot Essay

The present drawing is comparable to a drawing of Achilles swearing to Save the Honor of Patroclus, datable to 1811, exhibited at the Heim Gallery, London, French Drawings - Neo-Classicism, 1975, no. 53, illustrated.