Lot 359
  • 359

D'après Gabriel de Saint-Aubin

Estimate
1,000 - 1,500 EUR
bidding is closed

Description

  • D'après Gabriel de Saint-Aubin
  • Le Salon de 1765
  • Aquarelle, plume et encre noire
  • Aquarelle sur papier
  • 240 x 323 mm ; 9 1/2 by 12 3/4 in

Condition

Overall quite fresh. Some light yellowing of the paper. Laid down. Sold in a carved and guilted 18th century wooden frame.
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Catalogue Note

Notre dessin est une copie d’après la partie gauche de l’aquarelle inachevée de Saint-Aubin représentant le Salon du Louvre en 1765, qui est actuellement au Musée du Louvre (Inv. no. 32749; voir Gabriel de Saint-Aubin, exh. cat., New York, Frick Collection, 2008, n° 70, repr.).

A copy after the left half of Saint-Aubin's unfinished watercolour depicting the Salon du Louvre in 1765, which is itself now in the Musée du Louvre (Inv. no. 32749; see Gabriel de Saint-Aubin, exh. cat., New York, Frick Collection, 2008, no. 70, reproduced.