Antoine Pierre Mongin

Estimate

4,000 - 6,000 USD

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Description

Antoine Pierre Mongin
Allegory of Love: A kneeling youth with Cupid and amorini
Bodycolour and gouache over traces of black chalk;
signed and dated, lower right: Mongin / 1796

Provenance

Sale, London, Christie's, 13-14 December 1984, lot 146

Catalogue Note

Antoine Pierre Mongin studied at the Académie des Beaux-Arts, Paris, and exhibited at the Salon between 1791 and 1824. In addition to working in bodycolour and gouache, Mongin was an engraver and painter of history and genre scenes.