Lot No. 114


Pierre Legros the Younger,


Pierre Legros the Younger, - Master Drawings, Prints before 1900, Watercolours, Miniatures

(Paris 1666-1719 Rome)
Study of a male nude with a staff, seated on a rock, red chalk on laid paper, laid down on another laid paper, 42,5 x 52,7 cm, browned, stained, tears, a central crease, mounted, unframed, (Sch)

Provenance:
Collection Michelangelo Pacetti (early 19th century) Rome, Lugt 2057;
Kupferstichkabinett Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, released, Lugt 4958;
collection Giancarlo Sestieri, Rome.

The son of a French sculptor, Pierre Le Gros the Younger participated in numerous significant sculpture projects in Rome at the turn of the 17th to the 18th century. Among his most famous works are worth mentioning the sculpture group “Religion Overthrowing Heresy” (c. 1695-1698) for the altar of Saint Ignatius in Il Gésu in Rome, the monumental altar relief with the "Apotheosis of the Blessed Luigi Gonzaga" in Sant'Ignazio, Rome and twelve huge apostle statues in San Giovanni in Laterano, Rome (ca. 1703-1712). The present study is technically and stylistically comparable with a study of a male nude executed in black chalk and with the design for the relief “Apotheosis of the Blessed Luigi Gonzaga” in the Musée du Louvre, Paris (Inv. 30494, 30495).

We are grateful Prof. Francesco Grisolia for the scientific support.

Specialist: Mag. Astrid-Christina Schierz Mag. Astrid-Christina Schierz
+43-1-515 60-546

astrid.schierz@dorotheum.at

22.04.2021 - 15:23

Realized price: **
EUR 2,304.-
Estimate:
EUR 1,000.- to EUR 1,200.-
Starting bid:
EUR 1,000.-

Pierre Legros the Younger,


(Paris 1666-1719 Rome)
Study of a male nude with a staff, seated on a rock, red chalk on laid paper, laid down on another laid paper, 42,5 x 52,7 cm, browned, stained, tears, a central crease, mounted, unframed, (Sch)

Provenance:
Collection Michelangelo Pacetti (early 19th century) Rome, Lugt 2057;
Kupferstichkabinett Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, released, Lugt 4958;
collection Giancarlo Sestieri, Rome.

The son of a French sculptor, Pierre Le Gros the Younger participated in numerous significant sculpture projects in Rome at the turn of the 17th to the 18th century. Among his most famous works are worth mentioning the sculpture group “Religion Overthrowing Heresy” (c. 1695-1698) for the altar of Saint Ignatius in Il Gésu in Rome, the monumental altar relief with the "Apotheosis of the Blessed Luigi Gonzaga" in Sant'Ignazio, Rome and twelve huge apostle statues in San Giovanni in Laterano, Rome (ca. 1703-1712). The present study is technically and stylistically comparable with a study of a male nude executed in black chalk and with the design for the relief “Apotheosis of the Blessed Luigi Gonzaga” in the Musée du Louvre, Paris (Inv. 30494, 30495).

We are grateful Prof. Francesco Grisolia for the scientific support.

Specialist: Mag. Astrid-Christina Schierz Mag. Astrid-Christina Schierz
+43-1-515 60-546

astrid.schierz@dorotheum.at


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Auction: Master Drawings, Prints before 1900, Watercolours, Miniatures
Auction type: Online auction
Date: 22.04.2021 - 15:23
Location: Vienna | Palais Dorotheum
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