Jean-Robert ANGO (? 1710-1773 Rome) - Lot 32

Jean-Robert ANGO (? 1710-1773 Rome) Double study: after Young Man Studying Geometry, detail of the School of Athens, by Raphael, in the Vatican; after Saint Cecilia, by Stefano Maderno, in the Church of Santa Cecilia in Trastevere, Rome. Black stone on paper H_19 cm W_17.5 cm On the back, label stamped "service des expositions" by the French customs in Paris, with a handwritten number 480, probably dating from the early 20th century. Numbering in red pastel n°37 Provenance: Remained in the descendants of Jean-Honoré Fragonard until his great-grandson Jacques, who settled in Gironde in the 1920s. Acquired, most likely from the latter, by M. Milon-Ferret, framer in Bordeaux Acquired from the latter by the current owner's grandfather. Related works: - Jean-Honoré FRAGONARD, Jeune homme étudiant la géométrie, d'après Raphaël, reworked back print, Besançon, Musée des Beaux-Arts, inv. unknown. - Jean-Honoré FRAGONARD, Sainte Cécile d'après la statue de Maderno, à l'église Santa Cecilia in Trastevere, à Rome, reworked back print, Besançon, Musée des Beaux-Arts, inv. unknown. Bibliography of related works: - A. Ananoff, L'oeuvre dessiné de Jean-Honoré Fragonard (1732-1806), Paris 1961-1970, page 200-2001, no. 1881 and 1882, fig.481 and 482. - P. Rosenberg, with B. Brejon de Lavergnée, Saint-Non, Fragonard, Panopticon Italiano, Rome 1986, page 348, n°53 and page 352, n°74 The drawings made in Italy by Ango, alongside Fragonard and Abbé Saint-Non, and copied from the Old Masters, form an important and moving part of his corpus.