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Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Wicar
Estimate
3,000 - 4,000 USD
bidding is closed
Description
- Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Wicar
- Recto: Standing Man in a Toga Holding a Scroll;Verso: Study of Legs
- Black chalk heightened with white chalk, squared in black chalk (recto); black chalk and brown wash, squared in black chalk (verso) on blue paper
Provenance
The artist's studio,
by inheritance to the artist's student, Antonio Bianchi,
by descent to the Bianchi Family;
with Marcello Aldega and Margot Gordon, Rome/New York, Jean-Baptiste Wicar, Drawings, 1995, no. 76;
where acquired by the present owner in 1995
by inheritance to the artist's student, Antonio Bianchi,
by descent to the Bianchi Family;
with Marcello Aldega and Margot Gordon, Rome/New York, Jean-Baptiste Wicar, Drawings, 1995, no. 76;
where acquired by the present owner in 1995
Literature
A.L. Clark et al., Mastery & Elegance, Two Centuries of French drawings from the collection of Jeffrey E. Horvitz, exhib. cat., Harvard University Art Museums, (and Toronto, Paris, Edinburgh, New York and Los Angeles) 1998-2000, p. 433, no. A.371
Condition
Hinge mounted. Some small brown stains to the verso. Otherwise in fine condition with the medium fresh, the image strong and the paper blue.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
Catalogue Note
The present figure, squared for transfer, is a preparatory study for Virgil in Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Wicar's painting Virgil Reading the Aeneid to Augustus and Livia' (1818). The painting was commissioned by Count G. Sommariva and is still in the Villa Carlotta, Cadenabbia Tremezzo, near Lake Como. Two other paintings of the same subject by Wicar, both showing a version of the figure of Virgil seen here, are in the Baldoni Collection, Rome and the Musée des Beaux-Arts, Lille.