Lot Essay
Evidently a design for Lully's opera Rinaldo
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Jean-Henri-Alexandre Pernet (1763-?)
A Path through a Wood with a Grotto decorated with Frescoes: Design for the Stage
inscribed 'ANGELIQUE ENGAGE SON COEUR ME DOR EN EST VAINQUEUR' and 'QUE MEDOR EST HEUREUX ANGELIQUE A COMBLÉ SES VOEUX'; black chalk, watercolour, watermark two crosses
344 x 495mm.
A Path through a Wood with a Grotto decorated with Frescoes: Design for the Stage
inscribed 'ANGELIQUE ENGAGE SON COEUR ME DOR EN EST VAINQUEUR' and 'QUE MEDOR EST HEUREUX ANGELIQUE A COMBLÉ SES VOEUX'; black chalk, watercolour, watermark two crosses
344 x 495mm.