Lot n° 21
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4000 - 5000
EUR
Pierre MILAN (French artist active between 1542 and 1557. Ec - Lot 21
Pierre MILAN (French artist active between 1542 and 1557. Ecole de Fontainebleau) - "Dance of the Dryads". Burin after Rosso Fiorentino (Florence 1495 † Paris 1540), formerly attributed to René Boyvin (Angers c.1525 † Rome 1598. Ecole de Fontainebleau). Ref: Zerner, no. 1. Robert-Dumesnil (Boyvin), no. 74. Proof of the 2nd state of 2, with Hondius address, on watermarked laid paper (Nivelle shield?). The traditional attribution to Boyvin, following a mention by Vasari in his "Le Vite de più eccelenti pittori...", is now attributed to Pierre Milan following the publication of documents in 1941 by Metman. The subject is taken from Ovid's Metamorphoses VIII 738-884: the dryads protect the tree threatened by Erysichthon. This composition by Rosso is painted in a cartouche below the "Sacrifice" in the Galerie François I at the Château de Fontainebleau. 27.4 x 40.2 cm. Condition B/C (Cut at the border of the subject (tablet missing) and trace of old median vertical fold visible on verso. A few small printing and handling creases. A tiny brown spot in the upper left sky).
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