Asta Bidspirit | Laurent Pécheux

Laurent Pécheux - The Chariot of Cybele with Bacchus and CeresVenus asks Vulcan to forge weapons for Aeneas, 1807pair of oils on canvas, cm. 125x185Signed and dated under the chariot of Venus in one of the two paintings: Laur. Pecheux 1807Provenance: Drouot, Paris, Beaussant-Lefevre, 10 December 2003, n. 33Condition report:Cybele's Chariot: the painting is relined. The touch-up paint is worn in some places, especially on the portion of the sky under the figure of Mercury; some filming interventions on the pictorial film mainly concentrated on the red cloth of Bacchus, on the robe of Ceres and on the chariot on the far right.Venus asks Vulcan to forge weapons for Aeneas: the painting is relined. The pictorial film is in excellent condition: very few color shots, more concentrated on the rocks on the left; some others scattered but very minor.