Bégnine Gagneraux (1756-1795)

The Battle of Senef

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Bégnine Gagneraux (1756-1795)
The Battle of Senef
with inscription 'B. Gagneraux. Esquisse de la Bataille de Senef du Grand Condé- tableau à Versailles-' and '1.5^f'
black chalk, pen and black ink
420 x 620 mm.

Provenance

Nicos Dhikeos (his mark, not in Lugt).

Lot Essay

A study for the Battle of Senef painted in 1787-8 by Gagneraux for the decoration of the palace of the Grand Condé in Dijon. The picture is now in the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Dijon (Roma, Galleria Borghese, Bégnine Gagneraux, un pittore francese nella Roma di Pio VI, 1983, no. 37, illustrated). That picture was one for a commission of six, of which only two were executed.

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