Attributed to Raymond Lafage
1656-1684
Two Naked Swordsmen, Fleeing Figures
6 7/8 x 11 5/16 inches (174 x 288 mm)
Pen and brown ink with brown wash and red chalk on paper.
2009.187
The Joseph F. McCrindle Collection.
Notes
While the dramatic subject and broad execution have led this sheet to be attributed to Lafage, Alain Combres does not consider it indisputably by the artist. The subject, with its nude swordsmen engaged in battle as a pair of drapery-swathed figures flee the scene, has not been identified.
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed in pen and brown ink at lower left, "L fage".
Associated names
McCrindle, Joseph F., former owner.
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Classification
Century Drawings
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