JACQUES-PHILIPPE LESUEUR (Paris 1757-1830) Model for the Tomb of Jean-Jacques Rousseau On the Île des Peupliers in Ermenonville Patinated terracotta plaster mold 27 x 37 x 16 cm Signed and dated : Le Sueur 1780. PROVENANCE: Probably Paris, Salon of 1791, no. 460 Modèle, en plâtre, du tombeau de JJ Rousseau, tel qu’il est exécuté…
ABRAHAM VAN STRIJ (1753 Dordrecht 1826) Allegory of the Arts Oil on canvas 48.5 x 189 cm (Framed : 54,5 x 193,5 cm) Signed lower right: A.Van Strÿ circa 1780-1790 Like his brother Jacob, Abraham began his career in his father’s studio, Leendert van Strij, a painter and decorator in Dordrecht. Wishing to specialize…
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…
