Jean Bertaut (1552-1611)

细节

Jean Bertaut (1552-1611)

A Portrait of Julien Riqueur

with inscription 'Julienne Riqueur', part of a column of writing (recto) and 'de Julien Riqueur bertault fit Cette Image ainsi que tu le vois de façon et deport Representant au vif les trais de son visage afin quil guft Reveu des siens apres sa mort. Ces vers estoint sont de la façon de Julien riqueur et estoint au autre tableau pourtrait qui ne se trouve plus, cellui en est desin.de bertault Evesque de sur sées son Intime ami...' (verso);black chalk, red and yellow chalk, watermark crown above MVR, irregular oval 170 x 148mm.; and a drawing by a French 17th Century hand (2)

来源

(1) Ian Woodner; Christie's, 7 July 1992, lot 45, illustrated in colour (¨4,200)

展览

(1) New York, William H. Schab Gallery, Los Angeles, County Museum and Indianapolis, Museum of Art, Woodner Collection II, Old Master Drawings from the XV to the XVIII Century, 1973, no. 87, illustrated

拍品专文

The present sheet is the only known drawing by Bertaut, Bishop of Séez. He was a friend of Ronsard and Desportes at the court of King Henry III, and is best known for his poetry. His friend and fellow poet Riqueur, the sitter of the present drawing, celebrated Bertaut's skills as a painter in his Elégie à M. de Bertaut. Manuscripts preserved at Séez testify to his skills as a draughtsman: 'Bertaut avait du talent pour le pastel', G. Grente, Jean Bertault, abbé d'Aunay, premier aumônier de la Reine, évêque de Séez (1552-1611), Paris, 1903, pp. 188-9. The present drawing is similar to portrait drawings by Quesnel and Dumonstier