Diana led away from the figure of Prosperity by cupids and putti

Details

Circle of Gérard de Lairesse (Liège 1641-1711 Amsterdam)
Diana led away from the figure of Prosperity by cupids and putti
with inscription 'G. Larisse. F.'
black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash, black chalk framing lines, watermark Strasburg lily
250 x 261 mm.

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Sale room notice

An attribution to Augustin Terwesten has been suggested by Robert-Jan te Rijdt on comparison with others by that artist in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam and the Rijksprentenkabinet, Leiden. (R.L.Colella et al., Götter und Helden für Berlin, exhib. cat., Berlin, [Schloss Charlottenburg], 1995, nos. 2.1, 2.9 and 2.11-12).
We are grateful to Dr. te Rijdt for his assistence with this drawing.

Lot Essay

The mysterious subject of the present drawing is similar to a painting by de Lairesse in a private collection, London, tentatively identified by Alain Roy as Atalanta and Hippomenes or Athena defending a young man from the temptations of Bacchus, Venus and Cupid (A. Roy, Gérard de Lairesse (1640-1711), Paris, 1992, no. P50).

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