NICOLAS GUY BRENET
Study for ‘The Greeks and Trojans fighting over the body of Patroclus’ Oil on canvas 89.5 x 115.5 cm c.1781 Provenance: Probably the artist’s posthumous sale, Paris, 16 April 1792 (n°11 ‘Trois esquisses, dont le Combat des Grecs fur le corps de Patrocle…’) Bibliography: Marc Sandoz, Nicolas-Guy Brenet (1728-1792), Editart-Quatre chemins, 1979, p.114, n°96…