Lot no. 119
JACQUES REATTU (Arles, 1760-1833)
PROMETHEUS, RAISED BY GENIUS AND PROTECTED BY MINERVA, STEALS FIRE FROM HEAVEN
Canvas pasted on cardboard
Old restorations
Prometheus derobbing fire from the sky, canvas mounted on cardboard, scratches and very small marks
28 x 22 CM - 11 x 8,7 IN.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
K. Simons, Jacques Réattu 1760-1833 peintre de la Révolution française, Paris, 1985, p. 18 (mentions "a sketch now lost").
Sketch for the large format kept at the Musée Réattu in Arles (canvas, 318 x 195 CM).
See original version (French) Auto-translation. Refer to original language for legal validity.
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Old paintings
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