Attributed to Claude III Audran (1658-1734)

Details

Attributed to Claude III Audran (1658-1734)

Elegant Figures before a Fountain of Apollo and Diana: Design for a Tapestry (?)

black and white chalk, on brown paper
504 x 416mm.

Provenance

Hans Calmann, 1967

Literature

P. Fuhring, no. 666

Exhibited

's-Hertogenbosch, Noordbrabants Museum, De achtergrond belicht. Ontwepen voor het theater 1580-1800, 1976, no. 16

Lot Essay

Taking into account Audran's involvement with the Gobelin's factory from 1704-05 and 1718-20 and the present drawing's subject and use of grotesque ornament, Peter Fuhring considers that it may represent a preparatory design for a Tapestry