Auction on
22 June 2022 - 14:00 (CEST) -
Salle 16 - Hôtel Drouot - 75009
Saint James the Great is a sensual interlude in the art of Champaigne (1602-1674), a portraitist who found favor at court and became a painter of the New Testament after 1640.
Philippe de Champaigne (1602-1674), Saint James the Great, oil on canvas, 60.5 x 49.5 cm. Estimate: €30,000/40,000
Philippe de Champaigne (1602-1674), Saint James the Great, oil on canvas, 60.5 x 49.5 cm. Estimate: €30,000/40,000
With his imploring gaze, flushed cheeks, half-opened mouth and hand on his chest, Saint James the Great is far from the stoicism or even the austerity typical of Philippe de Champaigne’s figures . If the tunic and complexion respond to each other in a restrained palette of gray and brown, the strong pigmentation of the lips and soft light cradling his face makes an exquisite composition.…
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