Brackets, Caryatids and other Architectural Details (recto and verso), Attributed to Gilles-Marie Oppenord, ca. 1690–1710

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Brackets, Caryatids and other Architectural Details (recto and verso), ca. 1690–1710, Pen and black and dark brown ink, brush and dark brown and gray wash, over traces of graphite underdrawing, Sheet: 11 7/8 × 7 3/4 in. ( × cm), Attributed to Gilles-Marie Oppenord (French, Paris 1672–1742 Paris), Gilles-Marie Oppenord was the son of the cabinet maker Jean-Alexandre Oppenord who, during the latter part of his career, worked at the Louvre in the service of the French king as ‘Ébeniste du Roi’. After his first training, Gilles-Marie spent seven years in Italy where he studied the Baroque monuments built by his contemporaries and the great masters of previous generations

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