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Circle of Nicolas Poussin (Les Andelys, Normandy 1594-1665 Rome)
Lot 127

Circle of Nicolas Poussin (Les Andelys, Normandy 1594-1665 Rome)

Design for a bas-relief: Hercules and the cattle of Geryon

Closed6 December 2012

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GBP 1,187

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Circle of Nicolas Poussin (Les Andelys, Normandy 1594-1665 Rome)
Design for a bas-relief: Hercules and the cattle of Geryon
with inscriptions 'du Poussin' and 'd'apres Julio Romano' (on the mount)
black and white chalk on light brown paper
10 1/8 x 17 5/8 in. (25.7 x 44.8 cm.)

Specialist note

Can be related to a series of drawings attributed to Poussin's studio which are studies for the decoration of the Grande Galerie in the Louvre (see P. Rosenberg and L.-A. Prat, Nicolas Poussin 1594-1665. catalogue raisonné des dessins, Milan, 1994, II, nos. A1-A74).