many drawings of people and animals in this picturethree framed drawings of horses and a horse drawn by a mandrawing of a horse on a piece of paper with a wooden framean old drawing of a group of people sitting on a benchan image of a drawing of a group of people in a roomthree framed drawings of a man sitting on a bench in front of a white wallan image of a drawing of a man holding a baseball batan image of a drawing of a man and a woman in a bathdrawing of a man and a woman sitting on a benchtwo framed drawings of a man and a woman in a fieldan image of a drawing of a group of people in a fieldan image of a black and white drawing of a group of peoplea picture of a picture of a man and a woman on a horsetwo framed drawings of people and a dog in a roomdrawing of a group of men on horseback in a linea drawing of a group of people standing in front of a buildingfour framed drawings of people sitting at a table in a roomframed drawing of a man sitting on a bench with a dogan image of a drawing of a man holding a child
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6 - Attributed to Achille VALOIS (1785–1862).
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Estimate €800 - €1,200
Description
Attributed to Achille VALOIS (1785–1862). – A scene from ancient history depicting the massacre of children. Pen and black ink over black pencil lines (11 x 16 cm). Slightly sun-faded, with small stains. Also included is another drawing on the same subject (32 x 13.5 cm) and a study of a horse (28 x 29.2 cm). - Scene from ancient history. Pen and brown ink, brown wash (10.5 x 13.3 cm). Slightly sun-faded, with small stains. Two further drawings are included (24.5 x 34.3 and 26.2 x 35 cm). - The Death of a Hero. Pen and brown ink (10.5 x 13 cm). Slightly sun-faded, with small stains. Another drawing by the same artist is included (hole in part of the composition; 7.5 x 13 cm). - The Death of Caesar. Pen and brown ink, grey and brown wash over black pencil lines (23.5 x 35.7 cm). Creases, losses. Annotated in the bottom right-hand corner: ‘Death of Caesar’. Another drawing by the same artist is included (21.4 x 34 cm). - Study of three female figures, one of whom is haloed. Pen and brown ink with black pencil lines (18 x 14 cm). Large stain in the top left-hand corner, sun-faded, foxing and a small hole in the centre. Three further drawings by the same artist are included. Provenance: former collection of Paul MERIGUET. Expert: Cabinet de BAYSER – 01 47 03 49 87.
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About the sale PAINTINGS – DRAWINGS – PRINTS
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Auction time 09/07/2026 at 8:00 PM
ID: 88387319
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