Lot Essay
The present drawing demonstrates Oppenord's interest in early 16th Century Italian grotesque work. Peter Fuhring suggests, on stylistic grounds, a date at the end of Oppenord's career in the 1730s
Details
Gilles-Marie Oppenord (1672-1742)
A Panel decorated with a Roman General on a Pedestal with a Canopy supported by Hercules surmounted by two Doves
black chalk, pen and brown ink, watermark encircled coat-of-arms flanked by griffins
374 x 214mm.
A Panel decorated with a Roman General on a Pedestal with a Canopy supported by Hercules surmounted by two Doves
black chalk, pen and brown ink, watermark encircled coat-of-arms flanked by griffins
374 x 214mm.
Literature
P. Fuhring, no. 57