French School, 18th Century

A fountain supported by two nymphs, another nymph reclining above

Details

French School, 18th Century
A fountain supported by two nymphs, another nymph reclining above
inscribed illegibly
black chalk
10 x 6½ in. (255 x 165 mm.)

Provenance

Anon sale, Christie's, New York, 10 January 1996, lot 210.

Literature

J. Guiffrey and P. Marcel, Inventaire général des dessin du Musée du Louvre et du Musée de Versailles, Ecole Française, II, Bouchardon-Corneille, Paris, 1908, no. 810.

Lot Essay

The same fountain is found in reverse in a drawing by Bouchardon in the Louvre. The present drawing, by an artist working in the circle of Fragonard and Robert, is possibly copied from a counterproof of the Louvre drawing.

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