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.
GIORGIO VASARI
GIORGIO VASARI (1511 – Arezzo – 1574 – Florence) Allegory of Eternity; Study for the Main Fresco of the Central Vault in the Refectory at Monteoliveto, Naples. Pen and brown ink, brown wash, over black chalk, heightened with white, on blue paper, squared for transfer in red chalk, partial framing lines. Octagonal: 285 x 233…
JEAN-BAPTISTE GREUZE
JEAN-BAPTISTE GREUZE (1725 – Tournus – 1805 – Paris Presentation of a Vestal Virgin Oil on canvas 16-9/16 X 13-15/16 in. Private collection. Provenance: Perhaps sale, Paris, 29 April 1863;1 sale, Paris, 15 March 1973, lot A Bibliography: Martin and Masson 1906, no. 36; “Conseils aux acheteurs: Aimez-vous Greuze?” Connaissance des arts, June 1973, p.…
FRANCOIS PASCAL SIMON GERARD, CALLED BARON GERARD
FRANCOIS PASCAL SIMON GERARD, CALLED BARON GERARD 1770 – Rome – 1837 – Paris Orpheus Holding Eurydice (The Georgics, Canto IV ) Pen and wash of India ink and bistre ink, watercolor and whit gouahce 210 x 155 mm. Circa 1791. Private purchase for the Städel Museum. Origin: Firmin Didot ( 1764 –…
FRANÇOIS ANDRÉ VINCENT
FRANÇOIS ANDRÉ VINCENT 1746 – Paris – 1816 Head of a Woman in Profile Facing Right Black chalk, red chalk, and white chalk highlights. 528 x 430 mm. Signed lower right: Vincent. 1780 Private collection. Origin: Private collection, France. Our sheet, recently rediscovered, is an important addition to the graphic work of François-André…
JEAN-ETIENNE LIOTARD
JEAN-ETIENNE LIOTARD (1702 – Geneva – 1789) Young Woman in a Hat Graphite, black and red pencil. 20 x 12.40 cm. Around 1750. Private collection. Origin: Mrs. Jacques Nadal , sister of the painter ; Jean – Antoine Nadal ; Mrs. Marc Marcet , born Nadal ; Mrs. Pierre Prévost , née…