Lot 34: *Antoine Dieu (1662-1727)

*Antoine Dieu (1662-1727)
a king welcoming a roman general.
Signed: ant. Dieu.
Pen and black ink and brown wash over red chalk. Squared in red chalk.
247 by 367mm.
Surviving paintings by Dieu are extremely scarce and it has not been possible to connect the present work, despite the fact that the squaring suggests it was preparatory for a picture. For a discussion of the artist's drawings see Pierre Rosenberg,'Dieu as a draughtsman', Master Drawings, 1979, vol.xvii, pp.161-9, pls.33-47.