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18th-Century Drawings

Mouricault (French, fl. 1768-1795),

de Neufforge: Women / de Neufforge: Women 2 / de Neufforge: Men / de Neufforge: Biblical
Netherlandish School, 15th-17th-Centuries / Flemish School, 17th-Century
Bernaert van Orley / Lucas van Leyden / Hans Sebald Beham / Jan Baptiste de Wael/ Rembrandt School
Italian School, 16th Century
Cherubino Alberti / Michelangelo Buonarotti (After) / Annibale Carracci / Parmigianino (after) / Marcantonio Raimondi / Giulio Romano / Andrea Schiavone / Tintoretto (after) / Titian (after) / Veronese School / Federico Zuccaro
Italian School, 17th-Century
Simone Cantarini / Domenichino / Guercino / Pier Francesco Mola
19th-Century Drawings / 20th-Century Drawings
Very little is known about the artist. Mouricault was elevated to the French Academy in 1769 and was still showing at the Salin in 1795. In 1779 he was one of the Commissaires du Chatelet and his medal can be seen at http://www.imagescgb.com/images/monnaies/jetons/j13/j13_0237.jpg. He was influenced by Jacques Louis David. Our pieces all appear to have come from a project devoted to the story of Cupid and Psyche. First told in Apuleius' Golden Asse (translated into English by WIlliam Warner in time to contribute to Shakespeare's portrayal of Bottom in A Midsummer Night's Dream), the story also appealed to Raphael's workshop, and the Master of the Die, with a few contribitions from Augustino Veneziano, produced a very popular set of over thirty engravings devoted to the story.
Mouricault (French, fl. 1768-1795), Cupid fleeing from Psyche. Pencil on gray laid paper, c. 1780. Inscribed "Mouricault" lower right. Image size: 136x165mm. Price: $2000.
Mouricault (French, fl. 1768-1795), Femme a coucher (Psyche), Pencil on gray laid paper, c. 1780. bottom right of oval. This drawing was made from two pieces of paper. Image size: 155x212mm. Price: $2500.
Mouricault (French, fl. 1768-1795), Cupid and Psyche. White chalk on oilpaper, c. 1780. Mouricault was elevated to the French Academy in 1769 and was still showing at the Salin in 1795. He was influenced by Jacques Louis David. Posthumously signed with the atelier stamp. Image size: 136x160mm. Price: $1750.

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