Live Auction 21459Old Master and British Drawings and Watercolours
JEAN-MICHEL MOREAU, CALLED MOREAU LE JEUNE (PARIS 1741-1814)
Lot 77

JEAN-MICHEL MOREAU, CALLED MOREAU LE JEUNE (PARIS 1741-1814)

Two mounted soldiers in combat

Closed4 July 2023

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GBP 3,780

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JEAN-MICHEL MOREAU, CALLED MOREAU LE JEUNE (PARIS 1741-1814)
Two mounted soldiers in combat
signed and dated ‘JMoreau/ Lejeune/ a paris le 19 maij 1767’ (lower right)
black chalk, pen and black ink, grey wash, partial watermark Strasbourg bend
13.8 x 21.5 cm (5 1/2 x 8 1/2 in.)

Paul Fatio (1874-1960?), Genève (L. 3701); Nicolas Rauch, Geneva, 13-15 June 1960, lot 274.
Anonymous sale; Christie’s, London 2 July 1996, lot 278; where acquired by the present owners.

Specialist note

Better known for his work as an illustrator and engraver, this confrontation of cavalrymen is a rarity among Moreau the Younger’s drawings – and one signed and precisely dated. The swift, vigorous and supple execution is comparable a wash drawing from 1770, Motherly joy (formerly with Galerie Arnoldie Livie, Munich; see Catalogue 32, 2021, no. 8, ill.).