Lot Essay
Chedel was a prolific printmaker whose commissions include a book of Rococo ornamental designs after Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier (1695-1750).
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Design for a rocaille cartouche with a view of the setting sun at sea
Details
Attributed to Pierre-Quentin Chedel (Châlons-sur-Marne 1705-1763)
Design for a rocaille cartouche with a view of the setting sun at sea
black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash on buff paper
11 5/8 x 9 1/8 in. (29.4 x 23.3 cm.)
Design for a rocaille cartouche with a view of the setting sun at sea
black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash on buff paper
11 5/8 x 9 1/8 in. (29.4 x 23.3 cm.)
Provenance
A. Decour; Paris, 10-11 April 1929, lot 192.
with Bruno de Bayser, Paris.
L. Houtthaker (L. 3893).
with Hazlitt, Gooden & Fox, London, 1991, where acquired by the present owner.
with Bruno de Bayser, Paris.
L. Houtthaker (L. 3893).
with Hazlitt, Gooden & Fox, London, 1991, where acquired by the present owner.
Literature
P. Fuhring, Design into art: Drawings for architecture and ornament: The Lodewijk Houthakker collection, London, 1989, I, pp. 122-23, fig. 67.
Special notice
This lot is offered without reserve.