Lot Essay
Related to the statue of Saint Sebastian in Maria Assunto in Carignano, Genoa, F. Souchal, French Sculptors of the 17th and 18th Centuries: The Reign of Louis XIV, Paris, 1987, III, p. 193, fig. 14a.
Design for a statue of Saint Sebastian
Details
Attributed to Pierre Puget (Chateau-Follet 1620-1694 Fougette)
Design for a statue of Saint Sebastian
red, black and white chalk, on blue paper
10 7/8 x 6½ in. (277 x 163 mm.)
Design for a statue of Saint Sebastian
red, black and white chalk, on blue paper
10 7/8 x 6½ in. (277 x 163 mm.)
Provenance
with Andrew Ciechanowiecki.
Literature
K. Herding, Pierre Puget, Das Bildnerische Werk, Berlin, 1970, p. 40, fig. 18, illustrated.
K. Herding et al., Pierre Puget, exhib. cat., Marseilles, Centre de la Vielle Charite and Musee des Beaux-Arts, 1994-5, under no. 33.
K. Herding et al., Pierre Puget, exhib. cat., Marseilles, Centre de la Vielle Charite and Musee des Beaux-Arts, 1994-5, under no. 33.
Exhibited
Binghampton, University Art Gallery, Genoese Baroque Drawings, 1972, no. 79, illustrated.
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