Auguste GENDRON (Paris 1817-1881) - Lot 72

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Auguste GENDRON (Paris 1817-1881) - Lot 72
Auguste GENDRON (Paris 1817-1881) The round of nymphs Paper cut out and glued on golden canvas. Signed lower right. Accident and lifts. 26 x 31 cm Paper: 20.5 x 24 cm Original frame. This sketch by Gendron is preparatory to the ceiling. of the large reception room, called Salon des Aigles, in the prefecture of Yvelines in Versailles, building completed and inaugurated in 1867. Four young women flying in the sky symbolizes the times of day. In a way allegorical, the Morning pours the contents of an urn of dew, the South spreads flowers, the Evening holds an hourglass, the Night, asleep, is spread out on a cloud. Several figures in this sketch are taken from the ceiling The seasons of flowers in the living room of the apartments Napoleon III in the Richelieu wing of the Louvre palace, dated 1860 and still in place in the museum of the Louvre.
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