Lot 117
  • 117

JACQUES-JOSEPH LECURIEUX | The shower of phenomenal sheep

Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 EUR
bidding is closed

Description

  • Jacques-Joseph Lecurieux
  • The shower of phenomenal sheep
  • Signed towards lower right Lecurieux
  • Oil on canvas
  • 65,5 x 81,5 cm ; 25 3/4 by 32 in.

Provenance

Sale, Sotheby's, New York, 8 May 1998, lot 71 ;
Sale, Le Touquet, 23 May 1999, lot 19 ;
Galerie Thierry Mercier, Paris ;
Purchased at the above by the current owner

Condition

- original canvas - slighlty dirty - matter thin in some areas - thin scratches lower left - under UV light, a few small retouches by the borders and on minor chips missing scattered on the surface
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Catalogue Note

Lecurieux is mostly known for his historical and religious scenes and for his portraits. He painted a few genre scenes, like our painting, or Le petit chaperon rouge exhibited at the 1834 Salon, n°736.