Design for the decoration of a cupola in a theatre

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Alexandre-Denis Abel de Pujol (1787-1861)
Design for the decoration of a cupola in a theatre
signed 'A. Abel de Pujol' and inscribed 'Avant Scène', further inscribed 'Racine', 'Corneille' and 'Moliere' and another, possibly 'Shakespeare' in cartouches within the composition
pencil, watercolour, heightened with gold
290 x 290 mm.

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Lot Essay

A student of Jacques-Louis David, Abel made his name as a painter primarily through his ceiling decorations. Abel's most celebrated decorative schemes included his work at Fontainebleau and, in collaboration with Charles Meynier, the grisaille decoration of the ceiling of the great hall of the Bourse in 1826. The present study, apparently for the ceiling of a theatre, has not been connected to one of Abel's known projects.

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