pencil,paper 52 x 37 cm in light passe - partout, framed in a gilded,
handmade frame 68 x 52 cm "simmler" type. Thename comes from the well-known Warsaw master of furniture art Jakub Simmler, who lived in the 18th century. The drawing is dated "1876" and has a not very legible signature.
The drawing is a precise reproduction of a painting by Pierre Mignard (1612-1695) located in the Louvre Museum in Paris. St. Cecilia, the patron saint of musicians, playing the harp accompanied by an angel standing to the left reading a score; in the foreground are musical instruments on the ground; a tambourine, oboe and flute with sheet music books, to the right a viola with bow and an open sheet music book on a table.
In the British Museum's collection since 1954 is a copperplate engraving, identical in size to the presented drawing, made by Claude Duflos (1665-1727). [https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1954-0315-15] .It is very likely that the author of the drawing made it in 1876 based exactly on the copperplate Claude Duflos possessed.
Pierre Mignard also known as Le Romain (born November 17, 1612 in Troyes, died May 30, 1695 in Paris) - French painter, director of the Académie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture. Pierre Mignard is considered a representative of the traditional academic direction in 17th-century French painting. His work was most influenced by Italian painters, especially the Venetians. Critics also trace many of his sources of inspiration to Rubens.
