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40<br />
Antoine François Callet<br />
Paris 1741 – 1823<br />
Sainte Famille<br />
The Holy Family<br />
Pierre noire, pinceau et lavis gris. Inscrit Bourdon au verso.<br />
Black chalk, brush and grey wash. Inscribed Bourdon on the verso.<br />
267 x 200 mm (10 1 /2 x 7 7 /8 in.)<br />
Cette Sainte Famille est caractéristique <strong>de</strong>s œuvres graphiques <strong>de</strong> Callet et peut<br />
être comparée à un certain nombre <strong>de</strong> <strong>de</strong>ssins <strong>de</strong> ce peintre, auteur <strong>de</strong> nombreux<br />
<strong>de</strong>́cors prestigieux tels ceux du Palais Serra à Gênes et du palais Bourbon à Paris.<br />
On reconnaît bien la composante très classique <strong>de</strong> ses compositions, qui se <strong>de</strong>́ploient<br />
toujours <strong>de</strong> manière large et équilibrée, ainsi que ses physionomies carrées, parfois<br />
schématiques. Le visage <strong>de</strong> Joseph est extrêmement proche <strong>de</strong> celui <strong>de</strong> Jupiter dans<br />
<strong>de</strong>ux <strong>de</strong>s plus célèbres <strong>de</strong>ssins <strong>de</strong> l’artiste (Jupiter et Thétis, Ecole <strong>de</strong>s Beaux Arts, 654<br />
et Jupiter et Cérès, Metropolitan Museum <strong>de</strong> New York, leg d’Harry G. Sperling, inv.<br />
1975.131.117).<br />
The present Holy Family is characteristic of the graphic works of Callet and can be<br />
compared to a certain number of drawings of this painter, who created numerous<br />
prestigious <strong>de</strong>corations, such as Palazzo Serra in Geneva and Palais Bourbon in Paris.<br />
The classical component of his compositions is well apparent, they always unfold in a<br />
wi<strong>de</strong> and equilibrated manner, as well as his square and well sketched faces. Joseph’s<br />
face is amazingly similar to that of Jupiter in two most famous drawings of the artist<br />
(Jupiter et Thétis, Ecole <strong>de</strong>s Beaux Arts, 654 et Jupiter et Cérès, Metropolitan Museum<br />
<strong>de</strong> New York, bequest of Harry G. Sperling, inv. 1975.131.117).<br />
€ 1 800<br />
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<strong>Catalogue</strong> <strong>de</strong> Noël