PAST SALES
We are happy to present a small selection of sales of interest made by the gallery. This is divided into three sections: Old Master Drawings, 19th & 20th Century Drawings, and Paintings, Oil Sketches, and Sculpture. The selection will be changed on a regular basis.
OLD MASTER DRAWINGS
VENETIAN SCHOOL
Circa 1490
Head of a Youth Looking up to the Left
Black chalk, with ruled stylus indications, the upper corners cut; on the remnants of a Vasari (?) mount
8 ⅛ x 6 ⅛ inches
202 x 157 mm
JACOPO ZUCCHI
Florence c. 1540-1596 Rome
The Foundation of Cosmopoli (?)
Inscribed, lower right, 39
Pen and brown ink, brown wash, over black chalk, on white paper, within black ink framing lines
10 x 13 1/16 inches
254 x 332 mm
DENYS CALVAERT
Antwerp c. 1540-1619 Bologna
Cleopatra
Inscribed in pen and brown ink, lower left, Dionisio Calvaert, and, lower right, Pomerancio …
Black and white chalk on blue paper, squared for transfer in black chalk
10 11/16 x 11 7/16 inches
271 x 291 mm
CAMILLO PROCACCINI
Bologna 1551-1629 Milan
Screaming Man
Inscribed, verso, Cav. d’Arpino-
Red and black chalk
6 ¼ x 4 ¼ inches
160 x 107 mm
GIUSEPPE CESARI, called CAVALIERE D’ARPINO
Arpino 1568-1640 Rome
An Angel in Flight: Study for the “Ascension of Christ” (S. Giovanni in Laterano, Rome)
Inscribed, lower right, Joseppo d'Arpinas; numbered, lower left, 16.10.
Black and red chalk
15 x 14 inches
380 x 357 mm
CLAUDE GELLÉE, called CLAUDE LORRAIN
Chamagne (Lorraine) 1600-1682 Rome
Pastoral Landscape with a Figure by a Lake
Inscribed in chalk on the verso, Designe facto per ilm Principe Don Gaspare
Black chalk, pen and brown ink, brush with brown, grey and grey-brown washes, within the artist’s framing lines
7 ½ x 10 ⅝ inches
191 x 270 mm
REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN
Leiden 1607-1669 Amsterdam
A Young Man Leaning on a Stick, Turned to the Left
Pen and brown ink
5 ⅝ x 3 ⅜ inches
143 x 87 mm
NICOLAS DE PLATTEMONTAGNE
Paris 1631-1706 Paris
Studies for the Figure of Silas in “Saint Paul in Prison”
Inscribed, lower left, Philippe de Champagne
Red, black, and white chalk on buff paper
11 ⅛ x 16 ⅝ inches
284 x 423 mm
MARIA SIBYLLA MERIAN
Frankfurt-am-Main 1647-1717 Amsterdam
Black Tegu Lizard (Tupinambis teguixin)
Inscribed, verso, N.100 uit Boek f. van Jan Bisschop’s Verk. te Rottm. Juni 1771/44-/ Een Surinaamsche Sauvegard, door Maria Sybilla Meriam
Pen and black ink and watercolor and gouache on vellum
13 x 17 inches
329 x 430 mm
JEAN-BAPTISTE GREUZE
Tournus 1725-1805 Paris
Tête d’enfant portant un bonnet, regardant à gauche
Inscribed, lower left, with the folder and inventory number of the Imperial Academy of Fine Arts, Saint Petersburg, 2 _ No 48., and stamped, lower left, with the mark of the Imperial Academy (Lugt 2699a); inscribed on the back of the mount, Tête d’enfant pour l’Accordée de Village; also, inscribed on a label on the old mount, in Russian, Грёзь Жань-Батист / 1725-1805
Red chalk
11 ⅝ x 9 ½ inches
296 x 240 mm
GIOVANNI DOMENICO TIEPOLO
Venice 1727–1804 Venice
The Holy Family Entering Memphis
Signed in pen and brown ink, lower left, Domo Tiepolo f, and inscribed in graphite with the number, 14; also, inscribed in a later hand, verso, Arrivée à jérusalem
Pen and brown ink and brown wash over black chalk
19 x 14 ⅞ inches
482 x 379 mm
JEAN-HONORE FRAGONARD
Grasse 1732-1806 Paris
Le Petit Parc
With inscription on the old mount, Par h. fragonard.
Red chalk counterproof, retouched with pen and brown ink, brush and grey-brown wash
13 ⅝ x 17 ⅜ inches
347 x 440 mm
FRANCISCO JOSE DE GOYA Y LUCIENTES
Fuendetodos 1746-1828 Bordeaux
Tambourine Player
Numbered, top right, 88, and inscribed upper center, 17
Drawn with the point of the brush and brown wash, with traces of red chalk
8 ⅛ x 5 ⅝ inches
205 x 141 mm
GIUSEPPE CADES
Rome 1750-1799 Rome
Venus and Adonis, 1780
Signed, dated and inscribed, Venus che piange adone / G. Cades 1780 / Roma
Pen and brown ink, brown wash, over black chalk
8 ⅛ x 15 ¾ inches
205 x 400 mm
19TH & 20TH CENTURY DRAWINGS
ADRIEN-VICTOR AUGER
Saint-Valéry-en-Caux 1787–1854 Paris
Portrait of the Violinist Jean Vidal
(1789-1867), 1808
Signed and inscribed, lower left, below the image, Victor auger, Elève de David, fecit, and dated lower right, anno 1808.
Black and white chalk
29 5/16 x 25 inches
745 x 635 mm
ANTOINE-LOUIS BARYE
Paris 1795-1875 Paris
Daim merchant vers la droite
Signed in blue ink in script, left center, Barye; also signed in red ink in script, lower left, Barye
Watercolor heightened with white, over black chalk
4 ¾ x 6 ½ inches
121 x 161 mm
JEAN-BAPTISTE-CAMILLE COROT
Paris 1796-1875 Ville d’Avray
Young Man in Front of a Great Oak
Signed, lower right, Corot.
Pencil heightened with white on buff wove paper
11 ½ x 15 11/16 inches
292 x 398 mm
FERDINAND-VICTOR-EUGÈNE DELACROIX
Charenton-Saint-Maurice 1798-1863 Paris
Un Dessous de bois
Marked with the studio stamp, lower right, ED (Lugt 838a)
Watercolor
10 ⅞ x 8 ¼ inches
276 x 210 mm
HENRI LEHMANN
Kiel 1814-1882 Paris
Reclining Male Figure Embracing a Woman and Two studies of his Left Arm: Study for the Painting “Rêve,” also called “Rêve d’Amour,” 1848
Marked with the studio stamp, lower left (Lugt 1664g), and dated, lower left, 17 juillet/48
Black and red chalk, partially stumped, heightened with white chalk
10 x 12 ⅜ inches
257 x 315 mm
THOMAS COUTURE
Senlis 1815-1879 Villiers-le-Bel, Oise
Le Pierrot politique
Signed, left center, T. C.
Black chalk heightened with white
16 ¾ x 21 ⅝ inches
425 x 549 mm
HILAIRE-GERMAIN-EDGAR DEGAS
Paris 1834-1917 Paris
Portrait in Profile of the Artist’s Brother, René de Gas (recto) Another Study of René, Sleeping (verso)
Graphite on pink paper
12 3/16 x 9 15/16 inches
310 x 240 mm
EVA GONZALÈS
Paris 1849-1883 Paris
La Plante favorite
Signed, upper left, Eva Gonzalès
Pastel on paper mounted on canvas
17 ½ x 14 ⅜ inches
445 x 365 mm
ADOLPH VON MENZEL
Breslau 1815–1905 Berlin
A Young Woman Looking over Her Left Shoulder, and a Study of an Ear, 1886
Signed and dated, lower right, A Menzel/86
Carpenter’s pencil
8 11/16 x 6 5/16 inches
220 x 135 mm
ODILON REDON
Bordeaux 1840-1916 Paris
Le Prisonnier à La Lucarne
Signed lower left, ODILON REDON
Charcoal
12 ¾ x 20 1/16 inches
350 x 510 mm
PAUL CÉZANNE
Aix-en-Provence 1839-1906 Aix-en-Provence
Lit défait (recto) Arbres au dessus d’un ruisseau (verso)
Watercolor and pencil (recto); pencil (verso)
10 ¾ x 8 ¼ inches
272 x 209 mm
GEORGES SEURAT
Paris 1859-1891 Paris
La pluie
Conté crayon on Ingres paper
9 ⅜ x 11 ⅞ inches
238 x 302 mm
ACHILLE LAUGÉ
Arzens 1861-1944 Cailhau
Madame Catherine Laugé (née Gazel), the Artist’s Mother
Signed with the studio stamp, lower left, A. Laugé
Charcoal, stumping
17 ¾ x15 ¾ inches
450 x 400 mm
PABLO PICASSO
Málaga 1881-1973 Mougin
Homme au gibus, 1915
Signed, upper right, Picasso
Pen and black ink and gouache on paper
12 x 9 7/16 inches
305 x 240 mm
PAINTINGS, OIL SKETCHES, & SCULPTURE
NICOLAS DE LARGILLIERRE
Paris 1656-1746 Paris
Portrait de Charles-Léonor Aubry (1673-1728), marquis de Castelnau, conseiller au Parlement de Paris, 1701
Signed and dated, peint par N/de Largillierre 1701
Oil on canvas
54 ¼ x 41 ¾ inches
138 x 106 mm
ANTON RAPHAEL MENGS
Aussig 1728-1779 Rome
The Glory of Saint Eusebius
Oil on canvas, unlined
60 ¼ x 27 ⅝ inches
153.3 x 70.3 cm
SIMON-JOSEPH-ALEXANDRE CLÉMENT DENIS
Antwerp 1755-1813 Naples
A Vine Arbor, Ischia
Signed and inscribed, lower center, verso, Dans l’Ile d’Ischia/Sn. Denis, and numbered, lower center, verso, 127
Oil on pink prepared paper, with black chalk
11 ⅜ x 14 3/16 inches
28.9 x 36 cm
JOHANNES JELGERHUIS
Leeuwarden 1770-1836 Amsterdam
A Young Man Seated at a Writing Desk by Lamplight (Binnenhuis), 1819
Signed and dated, upper right, J. Jelgerhuis/ 1819
Oil on oak panel
15 ⅝ x 12 inches
39.7 x 30.5 cm
PIERRE-JEAN DAVID, called DAVID D’ANGERS
Angers 1788-1856 Paris
Charles-Nicolas, baron Fabvier (1782-1855), 1829
Signed and dated on the slate support, beneath the truncation, DAVID / 1829; also, inscribed on the left border with the name of the sitter, Colonel Fabvier
Wax model with traces of plaster on slate
Including the slate support, 5 ¼ x 4 ⅞ inches
13 x 12.4 cm
HORACE VERNET
Paris 1789-1863 Paris
Portrait of Jean-Louis-André-Théodore Géricault
(1791-1824)
Oil on canvas
18 ⅝ x 15 ⅛ inches
47.3 x 38.4 cm
SAMUEL PALMER
London 1805–1881 Redhill (Surrey)
Box Hill, Surrey
Oil on paper
9 ½ x 16 ¼ inches
24 x 40.1 cm
HIPPOLYTE-JEAN FLANDRIN
Lyon 1809-1864 Rome
Portrait of René-Charles Dassy (1826-1889) and His Brother Jean-Baptiste-Claude-Amédé Dassy (1827-1908), 1850
Signed and dated, lower right, Hip.te FLANDRIN. 1850.
Oil on canvas
52 ½ x 36 ½ inches
133.4 x 92.7 cm
PIERRE-ÉTIENNE-THÉODORE ROUSSEAU
Paris 1812-1867 Barbizon
La Ferme dans les Landes
Signed, lower right, Th Rousseau
Oil on canvas
25 ½ x 39 ⅜ inches
65 x 100 cm
PIERRE-ÉTIENNE-THÉODORE ROUSSEAU
Paris 1812-1867 Barbizon
Panoramic Landscape near the River Moselle
Oil on canvas
8 11/16 x 29 ⅞ inches
22.1 x 75.9 cm
FRANÇOIS BONVIN
Paris 1817-1887 Saint-Germain-en-Laye
Nature morte aux oeufs, 1878
Signed and dated, lower right, F. Bonvin 78; also inscribed with a poem on the reverse of the panel, . . . Je souffre le martyre/Le temps de la joie et du rire -/Le bon temps – hélas est passé;/Mais, avant d’être trépassé,/En échange de tes étrennes/Pour que de moi tu te souviennes,/Sur la tombe à demi penché,/Voici l’oeuf dur que j’ai poché./Ton ami./f. Bonvin/24 février 1878.
Oil on panel
7 ⅝ x 9 ¾ inches
19.4 x 25 cm
EUGÈNE-LOUIS BOUDIN
Honfleur 1824-1898 Deauville
Study of Clouds
Marked with the estate stamp, lower right, E. B. (Lugt 828)
Oil on paper
8 9/16 x 11 ⅛ inches
21.7 x 28.3 cm
WALTER GAY
Boston 1856-1937 Le Bréau, Fontainebleau
The Small Red Drawing Room of the Comtesse Robert de Fitz-James, Rue Constantine, Paris
Signed and inscribed, lower right, à Madame la Comtesse de Fitz James/hommages respectueux Walter Gay; label on the back of the panel numbered, 71
Oil on panel
16 1/16 x 13 ⅜ inches
40.7 x 34 cm
SIMON-ALBERT BUSSY
Dôle (Jura) 1870-1954 London
Black Bird of Paradise, 1948
Signed with the artist’s initials and dated, lower right, SB/48; the back of the stretcher inscribed, Paradis noir
Oil on canvas
14 x 12 inches
35.6 x 30.5 cm
ELIOT HODGKIN
Purley-on-Thames 1905-1987 London
Two Oyster Shells, 1963
Signed and dated, lower right: Eliot Hodgkin 26 x 63
Tempera on board
5 x 8 1/2 inches
12.7 x 21.6 cm