French School of the 18th Century Pencil Drawing "The Concert" on laid paper Some foxing, old mounting Total dimensions: 36.2 x 53.4 cm Dimensions of the drawing: 31.5 x 48.2 cm
Very beautiful drawing representing the temple of the Sibyl in Tivoli near Rome in Italy. Signature at the bottom right to decipher, modern frame. Total dimensions: H 58 x W 70 cm Dimensions at sight:[...]
Rare original drawing by Jean-Baptiste Greuze representing two slender Puttis, made in black pencil and red chalk. Work signed lower left and of perfect academicism in the taste of the second half of [...]
18th century drawing, black pencil on paper, study of flowers. dated 1792 and monogrammed RB Louis XVI style frame (accident to the glass and the frame, see last photo) a second drawing framed in the [...]
Drawing, black pencil on paper, study of flowers. Monogrammed RB and dated 1792, Louis XVI style gilded frame, dimensions drawing 23cm by 19cm, frame 36cm by 31cm
Nice pencil drawing representing a couple of shepherds crossing paths on a bridge while they accompany oxen (which curiously resemble Roman oxen) to pasture. In the background, a typically French chur[...]
Amusing 18th century drawing, executed in black chalk and highlighted with white, representing a young servant from behind, bent over his legs, leaning or slapping his thighs, probably surprised by wh[...]
GIUSEPPE BOSSI
(1777-1815)
Studies of seated figures
Pen and ink on paper
18 x 14 cm
Provenance:
Private collection, France
(Currently on view during our pop-up exhibition from November 2[...]
Rare and beautiful fine Neo-classical drawing from the end of the 18th century presented in a pretty Louis XVI frame in pearly gilded wood, remarkable for its dexterity and finesse. It is with a confi[...]
Jean-Charles FRONTIER (Paris 1701 - Lyon 1763)
Venus surrounded by Cupids: Study for a frontispiece
Black stone
22 x 14.5 cm (Out of frame)
Signed and titled in the centre
Annotated ‘C. Eisen’ l[...]
Old and authentic drawing representing an English equestrian caricature signed Henry Bunbury towards the end of the 18th century. Good condition, slight stains. Dimensions on sight and without frame: [...]
Attributed to Jean-Baptiste HILAIRE (Audun-le-Tiche 1751 - Paris 1828)
Procession celebrating a young Turkish prince (Project for a wood panel or illustration?)
Pen and black ink, brown and grey was[...]
Naked and hairless Hercules wearing the leonteus, is charmed by two young women.
This is probably a study for a vase decoration - the decorator's monogram is visible at the bottom left.
Pen and goua[...]
A beautiful 18th-century pastoral drawing, ink wash and pen on laid paper.
* To be attributed without a doubt to Jean-Baptiste Leprince (1734-1781).
This drawing comes from the former collection of[...]
Philippe-Jacques DE LOUTHERBOURG (Strasbourg 1740 - Chiswick 1812)
Hunter smoking a pipe
Black stone and stump
9 x 8.2 cm out of frame
Signed lower left
In a restoration period frame and old glas[...]
Johann Daniel HEIMLICH (Strasbourg 1740 - 1796)
Project for a funeral monument for Salomé Schaaff
Pen and brown and black ink, brown and black wash, white gouache highlights on pencil lines
30.2 x [...]
French school of the late eighteenth century
Two studies of ram skulls
Black stone and white chalk on blue paper
47,5 x 35,7 cm
Minor brown spots and accidents
A picturesque and highly decorat[...]
FRENCH school of the 18th century Young girl and cupid at the jewelry chest Sanguine on laid paper.
21 x 16 cm.
Period wooden frame carved with foliage gilded with gold leaf 31 x 25.5 cm.
Landscape French school 18th-19th century Black ink wash over brown ink pen strokes Annotated: Al Humbert Châtelain on the back Initialed bottom right HC Dimensions: 19.5 x 24.5 cm
Beautiful, very decorative drawing, by the same hand as the previous one. Countryside scene, illustrated with a cart pulled by two horses. Beautiful luminosity, V-shaped composition, a ruined castle s[...]
Another ink sketch, made by Leprince during his travels in Europe and Russia. Turkish, Russian, French costumes. 'Characteristic drawings of Leprince who always brought back this kind of sheets from h[...]
Presented in a gilded stuccoed wooden palmette frame from the beginning of the 19th century, this superb "Sanguine" in perfect condition on beautiful vat paper attributed to DEBUCOURT (1755-1832) Fren[...]
Beautiful pen and ink drawing from the 18th century bearing a signature "Rosenberg" at the bottom right. It is presented in its period frame. Shepherdess and peasant in a landscape, on the left ruins [...]
JEAN-BAPTISTE GREUZE
(Tournus 1725 - 1805 Paris)
The Death of Coresus, circa 1750
Pen and brown ink, black ink tips, gray wash on black chalk, 455 x 385 cm
Bears on the reverse in the lower ri[...]
Antoine BOREL (Paris, 1743 – Paris, 1810)
The Geometry Lesson
Pen, black ink, brush, watercolor and gouache on laid paper
Signed lower right Borel. Inv, public sale label on the back with a handwri[...]
Johan Jacob HOCH Mainz, 1750 - Mainz, 1829 Pencil drawing 34 x 22 cm (50 x 41 cm with frame) Signed and dated lower left "Johann Jacob Hoch / July 1778" Pitch pine frame with black fillets Very finish[...]
Pierre Lelu 1741-1810
Architectural caprice Pen, wash and watercolor highlights
Period frame
Framed dimensions: 28.5 x 22 cm
After completing his humanities studies, Pierre Lélu successively wen[...]
Attributed to Augustin de Saint Aubin, Superb drawing of a lady of quality, Drawing in black stone, In good condition, beautiful patina of time, it should be noted some small chips of use at the level[...]
Elegant representation of the port of Sete at the end of the 18th century, done in black ink. The delicacy and precision of the artist's work, inevitably brings to mind the Dutch school, which produce[...]
Two drawings in a pair and pendant representing countryside landscapes with characters and ruins in the Antique, the two drawings are presented framed in a gilded wood baguette, Work from the end of t[...]
Very beautiful landscape, ideal vision of nature with some characters discussing among themselves in the foreground. Very beautiful balance of proportions, impression of peace. Gouache on laid paper. [...]
Beautiful allegory of friendship, representing a young woman dressed in antique style leaning towards an altar engraved on friendship, surrounded by two very graceful putti. Foliage around the altar, [...]
David de MARSEILLE (Marseille 1725 – 1789)
Figure at the Foot of a Tree
Black chalk and white chalk highlights, 47 x 31 cm
Provenance:
Private collection
David de Marseille, an 18th-century[...]
Interesting period document representing, certainly from the hand of the. Military engineer, because embarking and representing a warship, required accreditation with the Navy, a snapshot of life on b[...]
Watercolor drawing representing a bucolic scene: a fisherman at the edge of a watercourse, along a thatched cottage, despairs of the absence of fish. Period late 18th or very early 19th century. Gilde[...]
Rare beautiful original drawing from the second part of the 18th century representing dignitaries in togas and a woman and her child designating a construction site for a coliseum on each side of a sq[...]
Very beautiful small format ink and wash drawing attributed to Charles EISEN (1720-1778), representing a triumph of Putti. Drawing teacher of Madame de Pompadour, EISEN appeared at the Saint-Luc exhib[...]
Pencil and watercolor portrait of a man who witnessed the beginnings of the French Revolution. The drawing is on its 18th century mount and bears the following mention "Alexis Curlet born March 27, 17[...]
Joli dessin vers 1780/90, représentant une femme semi allongée, vêtue à l'antique, l'air songeuse, mains croisées. Pierre noire. Visage tourné vers le ciel.
Au dos deux études, l'une d'un bras gauch[...]
Pen, ink and wash darwing.
The inscription DOM (Deo Optimo Maximo) and the winged skull relate to a funerary decoration; The sheet bears two collection marks, including an N in a circle, referenced i[...]
A nymph and two satyrs, Bacchanal scene.
Signed lower right "................ fecit" and dated 1778
Gray wash over charcoal and brown ink, on laid paper
27 x 40.5 cm / 10.5 X 16 inches
Framed:[...]
Attributed to Jean-Robert Ango (1759 – 1773)
Man on Horseback Abducting a Woman
Red chalk and white chalk, 26.1 x 25.9 cm
Provenance:
Libert-Castor Sale, November 19, 1993 (lot no. 23, illustr[...]
Abraham Louis Rodolphe DUCROS (Moudon 1748 - Lausanne 1810) The sacrifice of Iphigenia. After the engraving by Gérard de Lairesse (1640-1711) Pen and gray wash. Signed on the ax ''Ducros 1774'' 27.5 x[...]
Beautiful study of a young man's head in the antique style, short and curly hair, turned to the left, backwards. Beautiful work at the end of the 18th century, perhaps from a School of Fine Arts. Laid[...]
French school of the 18th century, attributed to Victor Jean Nicolle
View of Rome, figures under a monumental arcade: ruins composed
pencil, pen, bistre wash and indian ink on strong paper
143 x 88[...]
Very beautiful red chalk drawing representing a charming and friendly scene of a child in a farmyard with a rooster and a cat. Scene superbly treated by the artist. In its juice and its old patina. . [...]
Lovely portrait of a little boy, in red chalk profile. Beautiful rendering of the curls of the hair, and the lace of the collar. The child's innocence comes through particularly well. Frame 20th.
Intéressant dessin au pastel, pierre noire, sanguine, aquarelle et encre (?).
Le sujet fut souvent représenté aux 17 éme et 18 éme siècles. Une jeune femme rend visite à son père âgé, emprisonné à to[...]
Alexandre PAU de SAINT-MARTIN Three pencils 30 x 46 cm (46 x 60 cm with frame)
Signed lower right "P. Saint Martin" Collector's stamp lower right "I.S."
Student of Leprince and Vernet, Alexandre Pau[...]
Pair of large physonotraces in pencil and watercolor also known as broad strokes.
Portraits of a man and a woman in profile, probably a Norman couple.
Early 19th century. Very good state. Beautiful [...]
Beautiful pastoral scene representing a shepherd and his animals in a site of ruins. This beautiful ink drawing is delicately enhanced with watercolor and gray wash. The scene is very pleasantly laid [...]
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