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JEAN-MICHEL MOREAU (PARIS, 1741-1814) known as MOREAU LE JEU…
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JEAN-MICHEL MOREAU (PARIS, 1741-1814) known as MOREAU LE JEU…
See original version (French)
Estimate €600 - €800
Voluntary lot
Description
JEAN-MICHEL MOREAU (PARIS, 1741-1814) known as MOREAU LE JEUNE
LE BOUCHONNIER
Ink and black wash
Captioned in brown ink
The Corker, ink and black wash
11 x 21 CM - 4,3 x 8,3 IN.
Our drawing is a preparatory sketch for the illustration of the corker's trade in the Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers by Diderot and d'Alembert (volume 23, plate 2). This work depicts the trade as follows: "The vignette or top of the Plate represents the shop of a corkmaker. Figs. 1 & 2. Workers busy making corks. 3. Merchant assorting corks."
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