AFTER MICHEL DORIGNY (SAINT-QUENTIN 1617-1665 PARIS)

This study of a satyr is made after a painted decoration by Michel Dorigny flanking the central medallion on the ceiling in the alcove room of the Hôtel de Lauzun on Paris's Île Saint-Louis. The satyr seen in the drawing is seen near the Sleep of Endymion, watched over by Diana (R. Boulhares and M. Scoléranski, L’Hôtel de Lauzun, Vottem, 2015, p. 142, ill.). Dorigny's decoration dates from the same time as the construction of the hôtel particulier, between 1657 and 1658 (B. Brejon de Lavergnée, ‘Contribution à la connaissance des décors peints à Paris et en Île-de-France au XVIIe siècle. Le Cas de Michel Dorigny’, Bulletin de la Société d’Histoire de l’Art français, Paris, 1982, pp. 69-84).