Roman Forum: The Temple of the Dioscuri and the Horrea Agrippiana Oil on canvas 43.5 x 3.,5 cm Signed lower right: C. Holsøe. Circa 1897-1898 Provenance: Isabel Goldsmith collection Our elegant view of the Roman Forum is an invitation to enter into the work of Carl Vilhelm Holsoe. One of the greatest artists of the…
(1859 – 1927) ‘La jolie modiste’ Presumed Portrait of Gabrielle Chanel, known as Coco Chanel Black, red and white chalks 470 x 395 mm Inscribed, signed and dated in black chalk on the right: La jolie modiste / Helleu / Deauville 1912 Certificate of Amis de Paul-César Helleu, dated 18 February 2015 Paul César Helleu…
(1578 – Florence – 1650) Head of a Young Girl Black and red chalk 222 x 185 mm Inscribed in pencil in the lower right corner : Rosselli Inscribed in ink on the back of the drawing Matteo Rosselli can be considered as one of the first florentine painters who took part to the baroque movement.…
(1824, Lyon – Paris, 1898) Study for “Bellum” (Musée de Picardie, Amiens) Pen and brown ink on tracing paper 19 x 26.8 cm 1861 Exhibition: Puvis de Chavannes, Paris, Grand-Palais and Ottawa, Galerie Nationale du Canada,1976-1977, no. 39, reproduced p. 74 Provenance: Formerly Henri Puvis de Chavannes collection (1893-1955); Private collection, France. Issued from a…
(1799 Amiens – Paris 1858) Road Along the Tombs at Taormina Oil on canvas 41.2 x 59.5 cm Signed and dated, lower left: P. Thuillier.1841. Exhibition: Paris, Salon de 1843, no. 1139 Provenance : Sale after the death of the artist, Paris, Hôtel Drouot, Maître Pillet, 14 February 1859, No. 36 “La voie des Tombeaux,…
(1758 Cluny – Paris 1832) La Toilette Oil on canvas 32,5 x 24 cm PROVENANCE: Abel Vautier Collection; Grille Collection; Guibert Collection (bought from the previous owner for 1100 francs in 1830); Feuardent Collection; André Lazard Collection EXHIBITION: Exposition, Caen, 1861, no. 41; Exposition des œuvres de Prud’hon au profit de sa fille, Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Paris 4…
View of the Small Town of La Cava, in the Kingdom of Naples, Seen from the Salerno Side Oil on canvas 71.5 x 98 cm Signed lower left: P. Chauvin Circa 1810 PROVENANCE : Possibly the collection of the Duc de Talleyrand-Périgord (1754-1838); by inheritance, Alexandre-Edmond (1787-1872) (his nephew); Napoléon-Louis (1811-1898) (his great-nephew); possibly the…
CALLED JAMES BERTRAND (Lyon 1823 – Orsay 1887) Lesbia end the Sparrow Oil on canvas 110 x 65 cm Signed and dated, lower left : JAMES BERTRAND.1875. PROVENANCE : Scottish, private collection EXHIBITION : Salon de 1875, n°185 After growing up in Lyon, Jean-Baptiste Bertrand joined the studio of Claude Bonnefond, a former pupil of…
LE MAÎTRE DES CORTÈGES (Active in Paris, mid-17th century) The Holy Family Oil on copper 37.5 x 32 cm Framed: 48.5 x 40 cm PROVENANCE: Private collection, Eastern France ENGRAVING: engraving by René Lochon in 1643 During two exhibitions in 1934 (Les peintres de la réalité at the Orangerie and Les frères Le Nain at…
FRANÇOIS BOUCHER (1703 Paris 1770) Study of Mars for Mars and Venus Surprised by Vulcan Black chalk, white chalk, with highlights in pastel on beige, once greyish-blue, paper 245 x 255 mm (Framed : 42 x 43 cm) Bears period inscription at lower right: f Boucher del Executed circa 1754 Provenance : Private collection, Paris…
