Pierre Lelu

Pierre Lélu (Paris 1741-1810) Elegant figures in a garden at Cintra inscribed 'a Cintra' black chalk, pen and black ink, grey wash 6 5/8 x 8½ in. (16.7 x 21.6 cm.) PROPERTY FORMERLY IN THE COLLECTION OF PRINCE PONIATOWSKI (LOTS 11, 68, 88 AND 92) Lélu visited Portugal around 1775. Other views of Cintra are in the Metropolitan Museum (J. Bean, 15th-18th Century French Drawings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1986, no. 163), and in the Rijskmuseum, Amsterdam (formerly with Cailleux, exhib. cat., Rome 1760-1770. Fragonard, Hubert Robert et leurs amis, Paris, 1983, no. 42).

LELU, PIERRE (1741 Paris1810) Capriccio with ruins. Pen and brush ingrey. 21.5 x 30.5 cm. Framed CHF 1500.- / 2 000.- € 1 150.- / 1 540.- LELU, PIERRE (1741 Paris1810) Capriccio mit Ruinen. Feder und Pinselin Grau. 21,5 x 30,5 cm. Gerahmt CHF1 500.- / 2 000.- € 1 150.- / 1 540.-

Pierre Lélu (Paris 1741-1810) Two women dancing with a comedian in a landscape signed 'Lelu' black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash in the original framewith a cartouche 6¼ x 8 1/8 in. (159 x 207 mm.) Saleroom Notice The present drawing was engraved in 1779 by the artist, withminor differences, under the title Jean Bercher, dit Dauberval,danse un tambourin avec Madamoiselle Guimard et Marie Allard(Paris, Mairie du XXe arrondissement, 4 siècles de Ballet à Paris,1985, no. 143). Dauberval (1742-1806) made his debut as a dancer at the Opera in1761 and went on to become maître de ballet. He left the company in1785 to direct the Opera at Bordeaux. Mademoiselle Guimard (1743-1816) first appeared in the corps deballet at the Comédie-Française in 1758 and entered theAcadémie-Royale four years later. Her best known performances werein Pygmalion and Médée et Jason. She was very thin and known forher spitefulness but was nonetheless very influential. Marie Allard (1742-1802) was born in Marseille and was the motherof Auguste Vestris, the greatest dancer of his time. She made herdebut in Marseille and danced at Lyon before appearing at the ParisOpera from 1761 to 1782. This drawing was probably made around 1765-70 and was exhibited, inthe present frame, in the lifetime of the artist.