Jean-Baptiste CORNEILLE (Paris 1649-1695)
Project for a ceiling with Jupiter, Mercury, a goddess and Amours
PEN AND BROWN INK, BROWN WASH AND WATERCOLOR HIGHLIGHTS
Numbered lower right "n° 10 49".
26 x 39 cm
(Slightly oiled, small stains, upper right corner restored)
Under glass, gilded frame
Our drawing appears to be preparatory to a ceiling for M. Mansard's mansion on rue des Tournelles. It is of the same technique and size as a drawing cited by Yves Picard in his catalog on Corneille (see Y. Picard "La vie et l'œuvre de Jean-Baptiste Corneille", Editart-Quatre Chemins-Imprimerie des Beaux-Arts, Lyon,1987, p.79). Yves Picart specifies an annotation below the mount, "Plafond qui est dans la maison de M.M.R Mansard, rue des Tournelles, quartier de la porte Saint Antoine à Paris, par Jean Baptiste Corneille".
Provenance:
Possibly former collection of the Karkow Museum
Possibly anonymous sale, Paris, June 21, 1963
Possibly anonymous sale, Paris, Drouot, March 7, 1969
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