Old Master Paintings and Portrait Miniatures

Old Master Paintings and Portrait Miniatures

View full screen - View 1 of Lot 366. A view of the Palais du Louvre and the Tour de Nesle from the Île de la Cité, Paris; and A capriccio of a coastal estuary with a market on the shore.

Property from a German Private Collection

Pieter Casteels III

A view of the Palais du Louvre and the Tour de Nesle from the Île de la Cité, Paris; and A capriccio of a coastal estuary with a market on the shore

Lot Closed

April 28, 02:06 PM GMT

Estimate

6,000 - 8,000 GBP

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Property from a German Private Collection

Pieter Casteels III

Antwerp 1684 - 1749 Richmond

A view of the Palais du Louvre and the Tour de Nesle from the Île de la Cité, Paris; and A capriccio of a coastal estuary with a market on the shore


a pair, both oil on canvas, unframed

each: 58.7 x 82.8 cm.; 23⅛ x 32⅝ in.

2

The former painting is directly inspired by an engraving of this view by Jacques Callot (1592–1635).The 13th-century Tour de Nesle was demolished in 1665; it stood on the south bank of the River Seine, opposite the Palais du Louvre, along the Quai de Conti between the current Pont Neuf and the Pont des Arts. A signed painting by Casteels depicting this same view is in the Musée du Louvre.2


1 https://rkd.nl/en/explore/images/229460

https://rkd.nl/en/explore/images/228737