A sprawling soldier

細節

Jean-Marc Nattier (Paris 1685-1766)
A sprawling soldier
black and white chalk on blue paper
3 x 5½ in. (76 x 141 mm.)

來源

Earl Spencer (L. 1530), with his mount, inscription 'van der meule..' and shelfmark 'A n° 58'.

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拍品專文

One of a series of drawings related to The Battle of Poltava painted in 1717 for Tsar Peter the Great and now in the Pushkin Museum, Moscow (X. Salmon, 'The drawings of Jean-Marc Nattier, identifying the master's hand', Apollo, CXLVI (November 1997), pp. 3-11).