Lot 1318 18. Jahrhundert Deutsch. Meleager überreicht Atalante …

Meleager überreicht Atalante den Kopf des Kalydonischen Ebers. 1769. Sepia und scharze Feder auf Velin. 24,5 x 19,5 cm. Verso unleserlich signiert, datiert und betitelt. Punktuell auf Unterlage montiert.

Großbritannien

Dekorative Graphik - Ansichten – Darstellung des Meleager, der Atalante den Kopf des kalydonischen Ebers überreicht (nach Metamorphosen, Buch VIII). Die Szene ist in eine locker aufgefasste, arkadische Landschaft eingebettet und von weiteren Jägerfiguren begleitet, der Bogen der Atalante verweist auf ihre zentrale Rolle innerhalb des Mythos. Die in lebhafter Federführung angelegte und durch differenzierte Braunlavierung modellierte Komposition steht in der Tradition akademischer Historienzeichnungen des mittleren 18. Jahrhunderts. Charakteristisch sind die bewegte Figurenchoreographie, die erzählerische Verdichtung der Szene sowie die malerische Behandlung von Licht und Schatten, die eine Nähe zur französisch geprägten Rokokozeichnung ebenso erkennen lässt wie zu italienischen Studienblättern dieser Zeit. - Blatt mit Einriss an der linken unteren Ecke. Insgesamt gut.

Prints and Engravings - Views – Sepia and black pen on laid paper. Signed, dated and titled illegibly on the reverse. - Sheet has a tear in the bottom left-hand corner. Overall in good condition. - Depiction of Meleager presenting Atalanta with the head of the Calydonian boar (based on *Metamorphoses*, Book VIII). The scene is set against a loosely rendered Arcadian landscape and features other hunting figures, Atalanta's bow underscores her central role within the myth. The composition, executed with lively brushwork and modelled through nuanced brown washes, follows the tradition of academic history drawings of the mid-18th century. Characteristic features include the dynamic choreography of the figures, the narrative condensation of the scene, and the painterly treatment of light and shadow, which reveals affinities with French-influenced Rococo drawing as well as with Italian study sheets of the period.

Startprice: 360 €
Estimate: 500 €

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