Louis de Boullogne II (1654-1733)

Details

Louis de Boullogne II (1654-1733)

Zephyr and Flora

16 x 24 1/8in. (40.6 x 61.2cm.)

Provenance

C.T. Swanston, 56 Queen's Gate Terrace, London; Christie's, 20 Dec. 1875, lot 31, as 'Coypel' (15½gns. to Tarrant)
T.J. Goodlake; Christie's, 28 Nov. 1938, lot 29, as 'Claude' (one of a set of two, 5gns. to Kearson)

Lot Essay

The present picture may have been one of the eleven mythological paintings exhibited by Boullogne at the Salon of 1699. It corresponds closely with a preparatory drawing in the Louvre. Another oval treatment of the same subject by the artist is at Fontainebleau

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