拍品專文
The squaring of the present drawing in black chalk and the emphasis laid on the drapery might suggest that it was a preliminary study for the portrait known through an engraving by Drevet. Mary O'Neill, however, argues that the artist executed black chalk drawings as a record of his finished portraits, possibly for engravers, such as Drevet, M. O'Neill, Three drawings in American Collections after Portraits by Rigaud, Master Drawings, XXII, 1984, pp. 186-94.
Robert de Cotte (1657-1735), was a distinguished architect and the student of Mansart. He designed the Grand Trianon and became President of the Académie d'Architecture. Among drawings collectors he is above all famous for his paraph which he put on the drawings by Lebrun which entered the Royal Collection after the painter's death.
Robert de Cotte (1657-1735), was a distinguished architect and the student of Mansart. He designed the Grand Trianon and became President of the Académie d'Architecture. Among drawings collectors he is above all famous for his paraph which he put on the drawings by Lebrun which entered the Royal Collection after the painter's death.