Lot Essay
Possibly an engraver's drawing related to François Joullain's etching of 1734. The picture is in the collection of Princess de Poix, Paris, G. Wildenstein, Nicolas Lancret, Paris, 1924, no. 332, fig. 93
Details
Circle of Nicolas Lancret (1690-1745)
Les Agréments de la Campagne
red chalk, lightly squared in black chalk, the squaring incised, watermark bunch of grapes/proprietary
327 x 402mm.
Les Agréments de la Campagne
red chalk, lightly squared in black chalk, the squaring incised, watermark bunch of grapes/proprietary
327 x 402mm.
Exhibited
New York, William H. Schab Gallery , Los Angeles, County Museum and Indianapolis, Museum of Art, Woodner Collection II, Old Master Drawings from XV to XVIII Century, 1973, no. 99, illustrated (as Nicolas Lancret)