Old Master Day Sale including Old Master Paintings, Drawings and British Works on Paper
Old Master Day Sale including Old Master Paintings, Drawings and British Works on Paper
Property from a Private Collection
NICOLAS-RENÉ JOLLAIN | VENUS, WITH SEA NYMPHS AND TRITONS
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July 29, 12:59 PM GMT
Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property from a Private Collection
NICOLAS-RENÉ JOLLAIN
Paris 1732 - 1804
VENUS, WITH SEA NYMPHS AND TRITONS
oil on canvas
unframed: 98.3 x 135.7 cm.; 38¾ x 53⅜ in.
framed: 136.1 x 174.1 cm.; 53⅝ x 68½ in.
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Anonymous sale, Paris, Fraysse, 24 November 2016, lot 184.
Paris, Salon, 1773, no. 155 ('Vénus sur les eaux. Tableau de 4 pieds 2 pouces sur 3 pieds de haut').
The sketch for this painting, which formerly belonged to Louis La Caze, is held at the Musée des Beaux-Arts, Arras (inv. no. M.I. 1424).1
1 See N. Lesur and O. Aaron, Jean-Baptiste Marie Pierre. Premier peintre du roi, Paris 2008, p. 301, cat. no. P232, reproduced in colour p. 136 (as Pierre).