Pierre-Paul Sevin (1650-1710 or 1720)

細節

Pierre-Paul Sevin (1650-1710 or 1720)

The Prince de Turenne dedicating his Thesis to King Louis XIV at the Collège de Clermont; and The Assault on Valencia by the French Army: Designs for the Thesis of the Prince de Turenne, 1679

signed (?) 'P. Sevin. Inv' (2), with inscriptions 'OBSERVATOS SIVES' and 'MISERICORDIA' (2); black chalk, pen and brown ink, grey wash, watermark crowned fleur-de-lys
236 x 150mm. and 247 x 154mm. two on one mount (2)

來源

P. de Chenevières; Drouot, Paris, 6 May 1898, lot 470 Anon. sale, Christie's, London, 25 March 1963, lot 30

出版

P. Fuhring, nos. 50-1

刻印

Etched by Nicolas Guérard and engraved by Louis Coquin, in reverse, for the third and fifth pages of the Thesis

拍品專文

The present drawings are preparatory designs, with minor variations, for engravings in reverse of the third plate and the verso of page five of the thesis presented by the Prince de Turrenne at the Collège de Clermont in 1679 entitled 'LUDOVICO MAGNO THESES ex Universa philosophia dicat et consecrat Ludovicus a Turre-Auverniae Princeps Turennius PROPUGNABIT IN AULA COLLEG.CLAROMONTANI SOCIET.IESU DIE 13 AUGUST .ANNO. MDCLXXIX'. According to Father C.F. Ménestrier, who proposed the subject and together with Father P. de la Rue contributed to the thesis, Sevin designed all fifteen engravings in the work, including the last signed plate, C.F. Ménestrier, Philosophie des Images, Paris 1682, p. 116.
Pierre-Paul Sevin, mainly known for his book and almanac illustrations, was engaged as painter to the Cardinal de Bouillon, uncle of the Prince de Turenne, on the advice of Father Ménestrier and it is probably the latter's patronage that ensured Sevin's involvement with the Commision