Live veiling - Lot 95
[French school]
Portrait of a military figure.
First half 18th c
€ 120 / 150
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Beschrijving lot
Drawing, pen and ink, gouache and pencil, 21 x 16,2 cm, laid paper (two brown stains, trimmed).
Stuck by upper edge on mod. paper with attr. to Charles le Brun.
Oval-shaped study sheet with a portrait of a French courtly figure. The harnassed right arm and baton probably hint at his military role. The drawing is overlayed with a squaring grid to facilitate copying the design for a painting or a print.