Lot Essay
The fact that the drawing is on the verso of an etching by Johannes Magius published in Rome in 1618 leads Peter Fuhring to date the present study to Oppenord's Roman period between 1692-9
Details
Gilles-Marie Oppenord (1672-1742)
A Fountain with the Three Graces
signed 'Oppnor.'; pen and brown ink, watermark star, drawn on the verso of an etching by Johannes Maggius published in Rome in 1618 for Fontane Diverse...di Roma et altre parte d'Italia
243 x 185mm.
A Fountain with the Three Graces
signed 'Oppnor.'; pen and brown ink, watermark star, drawn on the verso of an etching by Johannes Maggius published in Rome in 1618 for Fontane Diverse...di Roma et altre parte d'Italia
243 x 185mm.
Provenance
A. Sigwalt (L. 175)
Literature
P. Fuhring, no. 854