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Jean-Jacques Lagrenée
Estimate
12,000 - 16,000 USD
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Description
- Jean-Jacques Lagrenée
- mercury entrusting bacchus to the nymphs
- Red chalk and point of the brush and two shades of brown wash, within brown framing lines;
signed and dated in pen and brown ink, lower left: Jean-Jacques Lagrenée/1777
Provenance
Jacques Seligman & Co, New York;
Germain Seligman (L.3863);
sale, London, Christie's, 4 July 1995, lot 146;
sale, London, Christie's South Kensington, 21 April 1998, lot 286;
with W. M. Brady & Co., New York, 2000
Exhibited
Paris, Salon of 1777, no. 41 (L'éducation de Bacchus, dessin)
Literature
Bellier de la Chavignerie et Louis Auvray, Dictionnaire général des artistes de l'école française..., Paris, 1882, Vol. I, p. 879
Condition
Sold mounted and framed in an possibly 19th century French wooden and gilded frame. Laid down on an old mount. The drawing quite fresh and overall in good condition.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
Catalogue Note
This large, highly finished drawing was one of a number of works on paper that Lagrenée exhibited at the Salon of 1777, and it seems to be preserved on its original mount from that time. A painting by the artist with the same subject was sold in Paris, 9 April 1793, lot 116, together with a pendant by Jean-Jacques' elder brother, Louis Lagrenée, representing Apollo and the Cumaean Sibyl.