457 - ATTRIBUTED TO LOUIS DE BOULLOGNE, PARIS, 1654 - 1733, A 17TH CENTURY FRENCH SCHOOL BLACK CHALK

ATTRIBUTED TO LOUIS DE BOULLOGNE, PARIS, 1654 - 1733, A 17TH CENTURY FRENCH SCHOOL BLACK CHALK Heightened with colour drawing study, a half length study of a muscular male figure his head turned in profile with pursed lips as if blowing, possibly representing Aeolus, unframed. (sight 26.2cm x 30cm) N.B. this drawing Related to the figure studies for Juno ordering Aeolus to unleash the winds against Aeneas’ fleet (Salon of 1699), and comparable to a drawing in the Institut Calvet, Avignon