Michel-François DANDRE-BARDON (Aix-en-Provence 1700 - Paris 1783) Apollo the musician Sanguine, brown wash, red wash and white gouache highlights. Signed and dated lower left "1740". Inscription at the bottom "Favet Apollo". (Restored tear, and later white highlights). 37,5 x 27,5 cm Our drawing can be compared to two other leaves by Dandré-Bardon of similar technique and subject. The Allegory of Fine Arts, now in the Louvre (inv. 32244), and the Parallel of Music and Poetry (sold at Sotheby's, January 25, 2006, lot no. 120, reproduced). All three drawings are signed and dated 1740. Dandré-Bardon was in the habit of making several attempts before choosing a composition (see : Daniel Chol, Michel François Dandré-Bardon ou l'apogée de la peinture en Provence au XVIIIe siècle, Aix-en-Provence, Édisud, 1987).