Gilles-Marie Oppenord architectural and decorative drawings, ca. 1720- ca. 1735.

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Gilles-Marie Oppenord architectural and decorative drawings, ca. 1720- ca. 1735.

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The album comprises 9 drawings traditionally attributed to Oppenord. Seven of them are of decorative elements for consoles, frames frontons and pedestals, mostly in brush, black ink and washes. One drawing is an elevation of the columned front of a large building drawn in pen, black ink and washes. The last one is a two floor section showing an interior wall with statues and vases in niches, a door and a staircase connecting the two levels. Most drawings are not signed. The last one is inscribed in the lower right corner covered with a big brown splash "Decoration de l...de Monsieur Le Marquis de la Vauvalliere//Bon a executer." The signature was erased, presumably in an attempt to delete the spot. The first drawing has the name "oppenord" written in brown ink on the paper used to mend the cut out drawing. On the bottom edge of the fifth drawing is written in brown ink "openor.", a misspelling hard to attribute to the artist.

1 v. (15 leaves) : drawings, brush and pen, black ink and washes ; 55 x 40 cm.

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Oppenord, Gilles-Marie, 1672-1742

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Oppenord was a French architect and designer, son of a Dutch ébeniste employed at the Louvre. He spent seven years at the French academy in Rome, where he concentrated his training mainly on drawing. In 1715 he became chief architect to the Duc d'Orléans, the Regent of France who moved the court from Versailles to Paris, which brought to Oppenord numerous remodelling commissions. He produced thousands of drawings, mostly of architectural interior decorations, many of which were published by th...