Master Paintings and Drawings

Master Paintings and Drawings

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Sold to Benefit the Acquisition Fund of the Cleveland Museum of Art, Sold Without Reserve

François Bonvin

A seated monk with a standing acolyte

No reserve

Lot Closed

October 22, 05:13 PM GMT

Estimate

600 - 800 USD

Lot Details

Description

Sold to Benefit the Acquisition Fund of the Cleveland Museum of Art, Sold Without Reserve

François Bonvin

1817 - 1887

A seated monk with a standing acolyte


Watercolor;

signed and dated in brown ink, lower right: F. Bonvin / 1842

143 by 98 mm; 5⅝ by 3⅞ in.

5

With Galerie Arnoldi-Livie, Munich, by 1976,
where acquired by Muriel Butkin, Shaker Heights, OH

Sold together with:


Célestin Nanteuil (1813-1873)

A maid with her mistress

Pen and brown ink and wash and watercolor, heightened with white;

inscribed and dated in brown ink, lower left: una señora con su dueña - Madrid 84

124 by 76 mm; 4 7/8 by 3 in.


Provenance:

The artist's estate (L.1930);

with Galerie André Watteau, Paris, by 1979,

where acquired by Muriel Butkin, Shaker Heights, OH


Alphonse de Neuville (1835-1885)

An officer on horseback

Watercolor;

signed in gray ink, lower right: A de Neuville

332 by 228 mm; 13 by 9 in.


Adrien Dauzats (1804-1868)

A Mediterranean port

Watercolor over pencil;

signed with the artist's initials and dated, lower right: AD. 1836

128 by 180 mm; 5 by 7 in.


José Mange (1866-1935)

Two soldiers saluting their superior

Watercolor over traces of pencil;

signed in brown ink, lower left: J. Mange.

94 by 143 mm; 3 3/4 by 5 5/8 in. (sight size)