JEAN-BAPTISTE-FRANÇOIS GÉNILLION | A ROMAN LANDSCAPE WITH TWO FIGURES BY THE SHORE
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February 5, 05:45 PM GMT
Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 USD
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JEAN-BAPTISTE-FRANÇOIS GÉNILLION
Paris 1750 - 1829
A ROMAN LANDSCAPE WITH TWO FIGURES BY THE SHORE
signed and dated center left: Genillion 1783
oil on canvas, unlined
canvas: 13½ by 18⅞ in.; 34.3 by 47.9 cm.
framed: 19 by 24¼ in.; 48.3 by 61.6 cm.
Private collection, Illinois;
Thence by descent.
Génillion was a French artist and pupil of Joseph Vernet, who greatly influenced his maritime and river landscapes. He exhibited several times in the Salon at Académie des Beaux-Arts in Paris as well as in the palace of the Louvre. His works can be found in the Palais des Beaux Arts, Lille, Musée Carnavalet, Paris, and Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle.
A similar river landscape by Génillion, which was part of a pair, sold in Sotheby's New York for $29,500.(1)
1. Anonymous sale, New York, Sotheby's, 18 October 2000, lot 191.