CHARLES-ANTOINE COYPEL
CHARLES-ANTOINE COYPEL (1694 – Paris – 1752) Portrait of Philippe Coypel and His Wife Pastel on blue laid paper, pieced, laid down on canvas. 35-11/16” x 28-3/4” in. The Art Institute of Chicago.
TOUSSAINT DUBREUIL
TOUSSAINT DUBREIUL (1561 – Paris – 1602 ) Nude Warrior (Mars?) Leaning Over a Volute (recto); Nude Child Playing with a Viola (verso). Pen and brown ink, over black chalk underdrawing (recto); black and red chalk (verso). 10-11/16” x 6-11/16” in. J. Paul Getty Museum
JEAN COUSIN, known as the FATHER
JEAN COUSIN, known as the FATHER (ca. 1490 – ca. 1560 ) Armor of France II, known as the Mars and Victory Breastplate. Pen and black ink, gray wash, traces of black stone. Louvre Museum.
JOHANNES STRADANUS
(1523 – Bruges – Florence – 1605 ) The Flaying of Marsyas Pen and brown ink and brown and red washed, heightened with white paint (or gouache), on paper prepared with red washes. 8-5/16” x 12-3/8” in. The Cleveland Museum of Art.
PIERRE-PAUL PRUD’HON
(1758 Cluny – Paris 1832) Head of Love, According to the Union of Love and Friendship Black chalk highlighted with white gouache. 38.5 x 27.5 cm. After 1793. Private collection.
RENÉ THÉODORE BERTHON
RENÉ THÉODORE BERTHON (1776 – Tours – 1859 – Paris) Portrait of Madame d’Arjuzon Oil on canvas Private collection.
JOSEPH VERNET
JOSEPH VERNET (1714 – Avignon – 1789 – Paris) Mediterranean Port, Calm Weather Oil on canvas 97.8 x 134.7 cm. National Gallery of Australia.
JOSEPH VERNET
JOSEPH VERNET (1714 – Avignon – 1789 – Paris) Storm on the Mediterranean Coast Oil on canvas 97.8 x 134.7 cm. National Gallery of Australia.
MICHEL DORIGNY
MICHEL DORIGNY (1616 – France – 1665 – Paris) Diana of the Hunt Oil on canvas 71 x 88 cm. Museum of Hunting and Nature.
NICOLAS LANCRET
NICOLAS LANCRET (1690 – Paris – 1743) Dance Before a Fountain Oil on canvas 38-1/2” x 51-1/2” in. 54” x 66-5/8” x 3-7/8” in. framed. Lower left: “3655” [“3” is missing]; Verso: upper left, in pencil: “G[?]”; upper center, in pencil: “B Gustav[?]” J. Paul Getty Museum