Old Master and British Paintings

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Lot 157
  • 157

After Jean Antoine Watteau

Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 GBP
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Description

  • A set of three paravents: Pierrot and two allegories of seasons
  • a set of three, all oil on canvas

Provenance

Anonymous sale, London, Sotheby's, 12 February 2008, lot 173.

Catalogue Note

These works appear to date from the 19th century and the central scenes are copies after Watteau's originals. The painting depicting Pierrot is very close in composition to the original listed as decoration for a paravent (see G. Macchia, L'opera completa di Watteau, Milan 1968, p. 97, cat. no. 49 D). The two allegories of spring and summer are copies after decoration for the Hôtel de Nointel, Paris (see op. cit. p. 94, cat. nos. 33 A and 33 B).