Gérard Audran - The Judgment Of Solomon

Gérard AUDRAN (Lyon 1640 - Paris 1703)
The Judgment of Solomon (1697 - 1699)
Sanguine, traces of black pencil, ironed with a stylus 
45.4 x 65 cm unframed
Stains, restorations and folds
Blackened on verso for transfer 
Framed

Related work: 
- Gérard Audran after Antoine Coypel, Le jugement de Salomon, MAH Musée d'art et d'histoire de Genève, INV.E 2002-0464

An impressive reworking of a painting by Antoine Coypel by Gérard Audran, the leading engraver active during the reign of Louis XIV, in preparation for his interpretative engraving dedicated to the Marquis Colbert de Villacerf. A magnificent and ambitious testimony to the work of engravers in the 17th century. The drawing is accompanied by an old certificate giving it to ANTOINE COYPEL and his workshop. 

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