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Hyacinthe Collin de Vermont
Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 GBP
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Description
- Hyacinthe Collin de Vermont
- The betrothal of Alexander and Roxana
- Black chalk heightened with white on buff paper
Provenance
Jean-Baptiste Glomy (L.1119);
with Alister Mathews, Bournemouth, by whom sold in 1957 to
Michael Ingram (bears his mark, verso, not in Lugt),
his sale, London, Sotheby's, 8 December 2005, lot 100
with Alister Mathews, Bournemouth, by whom sold in 1957 to
Michael Ingram (bears his mark, verso, not in Lugt),
his sale, London, Sotheby's, 8 December 2005, lot 100
Catalogue Note
Collin de Vermont was a pupil of Jouvenet and of Rigaud. He was in Rome from 1716 until 1720, and then returned to Paris where he was admitted to the Académie Royale in 1725. He continued to receive important commissions, including the altarpiece for the chapel of the Château de Versailles. He made a series of 33 paintings of stories from the life of Cyrus which were in his studio at his death and not dispersed until 1925. The present drawing seems to be the study for one of those paintings.