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CATHERINE VILLEMUR
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French school, second half of the 18th century
See original version (French)
38
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French school, second half of the 18th century
See original version (French)
Estimate €100 - €150
Voluntary lot
Description
French school, second half of the 18th century
An obelisk in the centre of a square in Rome
Red chalk and brown wash (small spots and small dots).
Dated in pen in the lower right-hand corner: 1 June 1774
On the reverse, a long draft letter in French, written in pen over fifteen lines, probably dating from the same period, addressed to a patron.
H. 18.5 – W. 22 cm
For further information on French artists with a penchant for architectural motifs who were in Rome around 1770, see the catalogue of the exhibition *Piranesi and the French 1740–1790* (Rome, Dijon, Paris 1976)
Expert: Patrice DUBOIS
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