François LEMOYNE (Paris 1688 - 1737) - Lot 225

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François LEMOYNE (Paris 1688 - 1737) - Lot 225
François LEMOYNE (Paris 1688 - 1737) Study of a figure for the ceiling of the Salon d'Hercule in the Château de Versailles Stone and white chalk highlights on blue paper. (Stains). 29.1 x 21.5 cm Provenance: Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 29 October 1980, no. 92 Bibliography: J.-L. Bordeaux, François Lemoyne and his generation (1688 - 1737), Arthena, 1984, p. 175, no. 166; fig. 293, rep. Our drawing, which can be dated to 1732-33, is a preparatory study for the figure holding a floating curtain above Juno and Jupiter on the ceiling of the Salon d'Hercule at the Château de Versailles.
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