Michel Corneille II* (1642-1708)
The Foundation of Thebes (?)
figures studies (verso, laid down) and with inscriptions 'Corneille' and '38' on the backing
black chalk, pen and black ink, brown wash, watermark hand
19 5/8 x 16 5/8 in. (497 x 421 mm.)
Lot Essay
Comparable in handling to a drawing in the Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, P. Bjurström, French Drawings, Sixteenth and Seventeeth Centuries, Stockholm, 1976, no. 334, illustrated.