JEAN-ANTOINE WATTEAU (1684 – Valenciennes – 1721 – Nogent-sur-Marne) Standing Man in Persian Costume Seen from Behind Red chalk on cream antique laid paper. 322 x 133 mm. Private Collection. Inscriptions: In brown ink on verso of mount, bottom left: Watteau. Provenance: General de la Villestreux (his ex libris on verso of old frame);…
JEAN-PIERRE HOÜEL (1761 – La Bassée – 1845 – Paris) Neptune’s Grotto in Tivoli Gouache and watercolor in ink: 755 x 530 mm. Inscription on bottom in ink: General view of Neptune’s Grotto at Tivoli, 6 leagues from Rome, made in 1771. Signed on the right: made by JP Houel / A Tivoli in 1771…
GUSTAVE DORÉ (1832 – Strasbourg – 1883 – Paris) The Raven of Death Pencil , pen , ink and wash enhanced with white gouache: 520 x 355 mm. Signed in ink : G Doré Watermark : J Whatman / 1879 Engraved ( print in the National Library ) Private Collection.
JEAN-HONORE FRAGONARD (1732 – Grasse – Paris – 1806) View of an Italian Park Bistre wash on black chalk: 355 x 465 mm. 72 x 84 cm. framed. Executed circa 1775 – 1780. Private Collection. Origin: Paris , private collection ; Didier Aaron & Cie Gallery ; Private collection. Exhibition: Fragonard , Galeries…
LOUIS LEOPOLLY (1761 – La Bassée – 1845 – Paris) The Terror Black chalk , stump and white chalk highlights Brown Watermarked Paper Courtalin 587 x 428 mm Around 1795 Private Collection. Origin : Munich , Franz von Lenbach ( 1836 – 1904 ) collection , then his descendants.
