A Scholar Collects
A Scholar Collects
Double Fan-Shaped Scenes from Greco-Roman Mythology: A) The Triumph of Bacchus and The Departure of Helen of Troy; B) The Fountain of the Graces and Volumnia Imploring Coriolanus
Auction Closed
January 31, 03:58 PM GMT
Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
French School, circa 1700
Double Fan-Shaped Scenes from Greco-Roman Mythology:
A) The Triumph of Bacchus and The Departure of Helen of Troy;
B) The Fountain of the Graces and Volumnia Imploring Coriolanus
Both gouache, heightened with gold;
A) inscribed in gold, upper center: Le Triomphe / de Bachus and lower center: Le Depart / d'Helene
B) inscribed in gold, upper center: Fontaine / des Graces and lower center: Volumnia / Implorant Coriolanus
Each: 488 by 480 mm; 19 ¼ by 18 ¾ in.
With Galerie Kugel, Paris, circa 1994 (according to Éric Turquin);
Private collection;
With Galerie Éric Turquin, Paris;
From whom acquired by the present owner, 2012.
