(Paris 1715 – Paris 1767) Portrait of Monsieur du Chastellier Pastel on paper mounted on canvas 75 x 60 cm Signed and dated L.Vigé pinxit 1744 Period Louis XV Frame Provenance: Colonel Gustave Poterat de Billy (1840-1924) (old label on the back of the canvas “Colonel de Billy”) ; Private collection, Belgium Bibliography: Neil Jeffares,…
(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…
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…
GUSTAVE DORE (Strasburg, 1832 – 1883 Paris) ‘Sunbeam’ R.Y.S., the celebrated yacht of Thomas and Annie Brassey Grey wash heightened with white 368 x 240 mm Signed lower right: G Doré The Sunbeam, a three-masted topsail-yard schooner, 157 ft (48 m) long, weighing 532 tons and equipped with a 350-horsepower steam engine, was built in…
(Around 1603 – 1664) Two terms Black chalk and white chalk 425 x 278 mm c. 1657 Possibly a première pensée for the decoration of Hôtel Amelot de Bisseuil, Paris. Little is known about Corneille the Elder’s early career before he entered the studio of Simon Vouet, with whom he became a close collaborator. Initially influenced by the…
Michel Dorigny (1617 Saint-Quentin- Paris 1665) Study for a satyr Black chalk heightened with white Born in 1617 in Saint-Quentin, Michel Dorigny entered an apprenticeship with Georges Lallemant in 1630, before becoming a student of Simon Vouet and principal engraver of his work. He was admitted to the Académie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture in…
Studies for a portrait of a lady Black chalk heightened with white 245 x 387 mm Circa 1700 BIBLIOGRAPHY: Dominique Brême, François de Troy (1645-1730) Paris-Toulouse, 1997, ill. p.99. François de Troy was taught by his father Jean, then by Nicolas Loire, and Claude Lefebvre. He moved to Paris after 1662 and was received…
(1530 Milan 1592) Virgin to the child Pen, brown ink and heigthened gouache 125 x 95 mm Around 1570 Provenance : private collection, France, since 1960’s Aurelio Luini belonged to a dynasty of Milanese painters founded by his father. Even though his father died when Luini was an infant, the son remained within his father’s tradition…
