Lot Essay
The military motifs used in the present drawing are appropriate for the title page of engravings after Trajan's Column, which record the Emperor's military triumphs in Germany
Details
Gilles-Marie Oppenord (1672-1742)
A Title Page with a Shield surmounted by a Helmet and Spears with the Head of a Gorgon and a Sword and a Mace below
black chalk, pen and brown ink
346 x 214mm.
A Title Page with a Shield surmounted by a Helmet and Spears with the Head of a Gorgon and a Sword and a Mace below
black chalk, pen and brown ink
346 x 214mm.
Provenance
Henri Baderou, 1968
Literature
P. Fuhring, no. 59
Engraved
By Gabriel Huquier, in reverse, for the title page of Differents caractères de TESTES Dessinées d'après la Colonne Trajane par FRANÇOIS BOUCHER Peintre du Roy et Gravées par J.B. Hutin, published between 1738 and 1749, an impression of the engraving is sold with the drawing