Octave Nicolas François Tassaert: Jupiter And Io

Octave Nicolas François Tassaert (Paris 1800 – 1874 Paris) :Jupiter and Io
Red chalk, stamping, red chalk wash
235 x 274 mm, 9^¼x 10^¾inch.
Monogram in brush and red chalk wash lower center:O T.

Provenance:
Jean Gautier collection, his 1^stsale of the 16^thand 17^thMay 1939 Drouot Paris, lot 89
Louis-Antoine and Véronique Prat (L. 3617);
Galerie Paul Prouté, Paris, catalogue of December 1993, n°129;

Tassaert repeatedly drew loves of the gods. Executed in a sensual, or even erotic way, these compositions guaranteed him a small source of income. Among other known compositions, we can mentionNymph and Faunat the Cleveland museum,Bacchus and ErigoneandA Young Sleeping Girl surprised by a Satyr. Our drawing can also be related to a painting that recently appeared on the art market.

Drawing framed.