The Triumph of Galatea (recto), Hercules and the Hydra (verso)

Details

Pierre Brébiette (Mante-la-Jolie 1598- circa 1650 Paris)
The Triumph of Galatea (recto), Hercules and the Hydra (verso)
with inscription 'R.V. f.'
black and red chalk, pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, heightened with white, watermark encircled device (cut)
5 7/8 x 8 5/8 in. (150 x 219 mm.)

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Lot Essay

This subject was treated by Brébiette in a etching of very similar composition (Le Blanc 101) and in a lost drawing known through a copy now in the Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool (J. Thuillier, 'Pierre Brébiette Dessinateur', Hommages au Dessin: Mélanges offerts à Roseline Bacou, Rimini, 1996, p. 303, figs. 7-8).

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