Joseph-Franois Parrocel
Avignon 1704-1781 Paris
An allegory of Truth
SOLD

Signed 'J.F. Parrocel' (lower left corner) and inscribed 'la verit' (lower right corner)

Black and white chalk on light brown paper, watermark crown

395 x 275 mm. (15 x 10 in.)

The present drawing has not been identified with any specific commission-indeed many of his cycles have been destroyed-however our drawing is comparable to other known drawings by the artist, which is a relatively small oeuvre.