Lot 182
  • 182

Jean- Baptiste Regnault

Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 USD
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Description

  • Jean- Baptiste Regnault
  • Roman View with S. Maria Maggiore seen from the Gardens of the Villa Montalto
  • Red chalk;bears old shelf mark: C and attribution: Regnault on the original mount
  • 396 by 518 mm; 15 5/8  by 20½ in

Provenance

Germain Seligman (L.3863);
Jacques Seligmann;
Colnaghi and Co., Ltd., November 1977, no. 31;
Lucien Goldschmidt, 1978;
Emile Wolf, New York,
thence by descent

Exhibited

Cambridge, Massachusetts, Fogg Art Museum/Malibu, J. Paul Getty Museum/Montreal, Museum of Fine Arts, Louis XIII - Louis XVI:  French Drawings from a Private Collection, 1980, pp. 163-165, no. 62;
Tampa Museum, Louis XIII - Louis XVI:  French Drawings from a Private Collection, 1982

Literature

French Artists in Italy, 1600-1900, Dayton Art Institute, Dayton, n.d., no. 42, fig. 42

Condition

Laid down on its original 18th Century mount, which has been hinged on to a modern mount. There is some minor staining and surface dirt to the upper left corner and evidence of an old vertical hanging line running down the centre of the sheet. The red chalk medium remains fresh throughout. Sold in a modern giltwood frame.
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