A Fountain with Three Tritons

1740s(?)

Joseph Ignace François Parrocel

Associated Names
Joseph Ignace François Parrocel

Artist, French, 1704 - 1781

This is a drawing of a group of figures arranged around a central structure resembling a fountain. The composition includes several muscular figures with dynamic poses, with one figure playing a trumpet or horn. One figure is extending an arm upwards. The figures are seated on what appears to be a cloud or rock formation. The drawing is rendered in pencil or charcoal with shading to bring out the volume and form of the figures against a lightly toned background. Highlights and shadows give a three-dimensional effect.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    black chalk heightened with white chalk on beige laid paper

  • Credit Line

    William B. O'Neal Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 43.8 × 28.2 cm (17 1/4 × 11 1/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2014.108.2

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Paul Prouté, S.A., Paris); purchased 2014 by NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1975

  • Paul Prouté, S.A. Catalogue "Dandré-Bardon". Paris, 1975: 16, no. 34 (as Charles Michel-Ange Challes)(reprod.).

1991

  • Paul Prouté, S.A. Catalogue "Coypel". Paris, 1991: 18, no. 22 (reprod.).

2014

  • Fuhring, Peter. Architecture & Ornement, Cent Dessins. Paul Prouté, S.A., Paris, 2014: 88-89, no. 37 (color).

Inscriptions

lower right in brown ink: IF Challe [not deciphered]

Wikidata ID

Q64591206

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