« Projet pour la décoration du Fond du C[h]œur de l’Eglise Royale, curiale & paroissiale St Germain l’Auxerrois ! N° 1.2.3.4. »: Original 18th century drawing.
by LE BON, Pierre-Étienne (1700-1754)
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RENNES, France
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About This Item
Project for the decoration of the Choir of the Royal, Curial & Parish Church of St. Germain l'Auxerrois, Paris.
Pen and brown and green ink wash. 43.4 x 29.5 cm, in a frame of 56 x 42.5 cm. Signed at the bottom left: "LeBon architect du Roy. Jur."
This unpublished sheet depicts a decoration project for the choir of the Saint-Germain-l'Auxerrois church in Paris. Executed by Pierre-Étienne Le Bon, this proposal with refined ornamentation is part of an iconographic program dedicated to the Resurrection of Christ.
Pierre-Étienne Le Bon was born in Paris around 1700 and died in 1754. A student of Jean-Sylvain Cartaud, he was the second Grand Prix de Rome in 1724 and the first Grand Prix the following year. He was a resident in Rome from 1728 to 1731.
Bibliography:
- Michel Gallet, Les Architectes parisiens du XVIIIe siècle, Paris, éditions Mengès, 1995.
- Jean-Marie Pérouse de Montclos, Les Prix de Rome, Concours de l'Académie royale d'architecture au XVIIIe siècle, Berger-Levrault, École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts, 1984.
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- Seller
- Librairie Raphaël Thomas (FR)
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- 10-32
- Title
- « Projet pour la décoration du Fond du C[h]œur de l’Eglise Royale, curiale & paroissiale St Germain l’Auxerrois ! N° 1.2.3.4. »
- Author
- LE BON, Pierre-Étienne (1700-1754)
- Book Condition
- Used
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- 1
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- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Paris church, parisian, Louvre, Auxerre, Bourgogne, Saint-Germain, Christ, Resurrection, artwork, masterpiece