Lot 133: LOUIS-FÉLIX DE LA RUE

LOUIS-FÉLIX DE LA RUE PARIS 1730 - 1777 A BACCHANAL Red chalk over black chalk, within brown ink framing lines; signed and inscribed in red chalk, lower right: L.F. Delarue Fecit roma ; bears numbering in brown ink: no. 69. 368 by 464 mm

Louis Félix de la Rue was a pupil of the sculptor Lambert Sigisbert Adam, called Adam l'aîné. He received the Prix de Rome for sculpture in 1750 and went on to become a professor at the Académie de Saint-Luc. He is known for his bacchanal scenes, in both drawing and sculpture.