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ÉCOLE FRANÇAISE DU XVIIe SIÈCLE

Lot 53
26.03.2025 15:00UTC +01:00
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Event locationFrance, Paris
ID 1389960
Lot 53 | ÉCOLE FRANÇAISE DU XVIIe SIÈCLE
Estimate value
€ 2 000 – 3 000
ÉCOLE FRANÇAISE DU XVIIe SIÈCLE
Portrait du marquis et comte Charles de Rostaing (1573-1660), en armure
plume et encre brune, lavis gris, les contours incisés, contrecollé sur une gravure
31,6 x 22,8 cm (12 ½ x 9 in.)




Engraved

J. Lepautre, Jean Comte de Rostaing, eau forte in H. Chesneau, Trophées médalliques, Paris, 1661 (fig. 1).



Further details

FRENCH SCHOOL, 17TH CENTURY, PORTRAIT OF MARQUIS AND COMTE CHARLES DE ROSTAING, PENA AND BROWN INK, GREY WASH, INCIZED OUTLINES

This drawing was used as a model for one of the fifteen engravings by Jean Lepautre (1618-1682) to illustrate Henri Chesneau's book Trophées médalliques des seigneurs de Rostaing. Dediez au grand Charles marquis et comte de Rostaing, published in Paris in 1661. The bas-relief decorating the underside of the window and depicting Diana at rest is directly inspired by the print (1638) by Michel Dorigny (1616-1665) based on the composition painted by Simon Vouet (1590-1649) in 1637 (British Museum, inv. 1841,1211.39.110). It should be noted that the landscape visible through the window is different from the one chosen by Lepautre: the drawing shows the assault on a fortress, whereas the engraver finally depicted a battle on the plain. This change is undoubtedly due to the fact that Jean de Rostaing (circa 1480-1549) distinguished himself at the bataille de Marignan (1515), which was not a siege battle but a pitched battle on the outskirts of Milan (fig 1).
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