Tuesday, April 2, 2013

Master Copy #12

Bouguereau after Inconnu

A preparatory drawing for the putto depicted in l'Apollon et les Muses (1869) a decoration for the ceiling of the Salon Gérard Boireau, Grand Theatre de Bordeaux. 

Based upon the face stylization, the pose, and the indicated staff, I am certain the drawing is after an Italian Renaissance image of the Infant Saint John the Baptist. The first names that come to my mind …Raffaello …Mantegna. I just don't know. Would someone please identify the source‽




the drawing will be auctioned at Christie's

DESSINS ANCIENS ET DU XIXE SIÈCLE

SALE 3545

Paris
10 April 2013

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