Monumental over door, workshop of Carle Van Loo, circa 1755-60

Paintings du 18th century

DIMENSIONS : l. 72.05 .inH. 50 .in

MATERIAUX : Huile sur toile

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Allegory of sculpture, workshop of Carle Van Loo, circa 1755-60

Important door top representing an allegory of sculpture, in the form of a child busy designing a bust. The scene takes place in a sculpture workshop where we can see an urn, a bust and a marble block, as well as the tools of our sculptor. The sculptor is sitting on a wooden box and using a hammer and a chisel, he is deburring the work he is finishing. One can easily recognize the profile of King Louis XV, after the work sculpted by Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne (1704-1778) in the 1750s.
Oil on canvas (lined), in good condition, with small scattered retouching.
Original frame.
Important original frame in finely carved and gilded wood, decorated in the Bérain style with foliage, shells in spandrels, flowers and acanthus topped with wings.
Bears an apocryphal mark of the painter "De Wit" in a cartridge at the bottom of the frame.
Workshop of Carle Van Loo, Paris around 1755-60.

Dimensions :

Canvas : Height 102cm ; Width 162 cm.