(1817 Eschviller – Paris 1893) Thalie Watercolor over lead pencil 530 x 370 mm Signed : Ad.e Yvon A history painter well known for his paintings of battles, and particularly for those that took place during the Second Empire, Such as The Battle of Malakoff (Versailles), and The Battle of Solférino (Château de Compiègne), Yvon began his career at the Beaux-Arts, in…
(1715 Paris 1790) Léon freeing Roger from prison Red chalk over a red chalk counterproof 207 x 145 mm Titled, signed and dated : C.N. Cochin filius, delin, 1773 1773 Illustration for: Ludovico Ariosto, Orlando Furioso, 1775-83, canto 45 Son of the engravers Charles-Nicolas Cochin I and Louise-Magdelaine Hortemels (1688-1767), Cochin le Jeune became his parents’ pupil.…
(1743 Bruges – Rome 1807) View of the aqueduct of Néron Sanguine 450 x 323 mm Around 1774 Bibliography : Sophie Join-Lambert and Anne Leclair, Joseph-Benoît Suvée, 1743 – 1807, un artiste entre Bruges, Rome et Paris, 2017, p. 302, n° D.181. A painter of portraits and history paintings, Suvée studied at the Academy of Bruges…
(1727 Venise 1804) A Cleric, Probably a Benedictine Monk Pen and ink and wash on paper Signed : Dom Tiepolo f. but the signature has been partly scratched 270 x 165 mm c. 1751-54, or possibly later Stamp of the Marquis C. de Valori (1820-1883; Lugt 2500) Probably sold by his widow after his death through a…
Reynaud Levieux (Nîmes, 1613 – Rome, 1699) Vierge à l’enfant Huile sur toile Vers 1665 1669 PROVENANCE : Monsieur le Chanoine Topin, Aix-en-Provence (avant 1847) (« Une madone, tenant l’enfant Jésus qui joue avec un oiseau » – Chennevières). Collection Privée, Aix-en-Provence jusqu’en 1984 BIBLIOGRAPHIE : Chennevières, Philippe de, Recherches sur la vie et…
Giovanni Francesco Romanelli (vers 1600 – Viterbo, 1662) Ceres Huile sur toile Exécutée vers 1657 Disciple le plus fidèle de Pierre de Cortone, Romanelli travailla avec lui au Palais Barberini, avant de devenir le protégé de la puissante famille romaine. Romanelli fit deux importants séjours en France. En 1645-1647 tout d’abord, il remplaça Cortone pour…
Nicolas Colombel (1644 Sotteville-lès-Rouen – Paris 1717) Moses Hidden in the Bullrushes Oil on canvas Executed circa 1680-1690 Provenance: Perhaps from the collection of Jean de Julienne, through the sale after his death, 30 March -22 May 1767, no. 234 , acquired by Prince Dimitri Alexeïevitch Galitzine (1738-1803), for 440 livres; Galerie Heim, Paris; Allen Field…
Jacques Stella (Lyon, 1596 – Paris, 1657) La Vierge à l’Enfant avec saint François et saint Jean-Baptiste Oil on marble 38,2 x 42,6 cm Circa 1635 Provenance : Sale Joseph Artaud, Paris, 15 november 1791, lot 90 ; Sotheby’s, New York, 28 january 1999, lot 403 ; Private collection of the East Coast of the United…
Portrait of simon pauquet, inspecteur général des ponts et chaussées Oil on canvas 57 x 46 cm (framed : 69 x 59,5 cm) Circa 1785 Provenance: André Giroux, his sale, 25-03-1904, lot 141; Marcel Zambaux, his sale, Galerie Georges Petit, 21-11-1922, lot 72, to the Baron Emmanuel Léonino (1864-1936) ; Camille Groult, Paris ; Pierre…
Nicolas de Largillière (Paris, 1656 – 1746) Portrait said to be Mademoiselle de La Fosse Oil on canvas Signed and dated on the back of the original canvas: Peint par N. de Largillière 1716 Bibliography: will be included in the catalogue of the work of Largillière of Dominique Brême, now in progress Provenance: collections of the…
