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Lot Essay
Camille Roqueplan was a French painter whose oeuvre consisted of landscapes, marines and historical subjects. He studied under Antoine-Jean Gros and at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in 1818. He exhibited regularly at the Salon, beginning with small highly coloured scenes influenced by the works of Bonington, his contemporary at the Ecole. This present watercolour most likely dates from the late 1820s, a period when he painted a number of costume pictures taken from literary sources.
The scene illustrated by this watercolour is from the second part of Cervantes' book. Don Quixote, exhausted by his adventures, has returned home to be taken care of by his niece.
Like other artists from the circle of Bonington, Roqueplan shared a taste for Dutch genre scenes and the rococo style. The critics Auguste Jal and Gustave Planche commented that Roqueplan's compositions and characters fused the influences of both Bonington and Watteau.
We are grateful to Patrick Noon for his help in preparing this catalogue entry.
The scene illustrated by this watercolour is from the second part of Cervantes' book. Don Quixote, exhausted by his adventures, has returned home to be taken care of by his niece.
Like other artists from the circle of Bonington, Roqueplan shared a taste for Dutch genre scenes and the rococo style. The critics Auguste Jal and Gustave Planche commented that Roqueplan's compositions and characters fused the influences of both Bonington and Watteau.
We are grateful to Patrick Noon for his help in preparing this catalogue entry.