23 août 2018

Jan Steen (1626 - Leiden - 1679), The Alchemist, 1668. Oil on canvas, 106 x 82 cm. Signed and dated 'JSteen 1668'. Image courtesy Daxer & Marschall Kunsthandel / Stand 372.  Engraved by François Godefroy (Bois-Guillaume 1743 - 1819 Paris) in reverse, under the title Les souffleurs et le paisan crédule, circa 1758-83. Provenance: Extensive provenance back to the 18th century and on request; restituted to the heirs of Daniel Wolf in 1948 by the Stichting Nederlands Kunstbezit... [Lire la suite]

Antonio Carnicero (Salamanca, 1748 - Madrid, 1814), Portrait of the Marchioness of Herrera, Doña Dolores Romero de Terreros y Trebuesto, 1794. Oil on canvas, 96 x 72.5 cm (37.8 x 28.5 in.). Signed 'Ant Carnicero ft a 1794'. Image courtesy Caylus Gallery / Stand 368. Literature: Exhibition catalogue at the Centro Cultural de la Villa, Antonio Carnicero, Madrid, 1997, p. 294. Exhibited: Centro Cultural de la Villa, Madrid. 1997. 2018 is a milestone for Caylus being its 30th anniversary. The gallery was founded... [Lire la suite]

Louis-Léopold Boilly (La Bassée, 1761 - Paris, 1845), La tendresse conjuguale, France, circa 1807-1810. Oil on panel, 52.5 x 43.5 cm (20.6 x 17.2 in.). Signed lower left 'L. Boilly'. Image courtesy / Stand 332 Provenance: Jean-François Pillot, Paris, until 1818; possibly Boilly collection, 1819; collection of Paul Barroilhet, 1852; collection of Charvet, 1898; collection of Givaudan, 1930; and thence by inheritance. Literature: Etienne Breton and Pascal Zuber, Boilly catalogue raisonné, Paris, forthcoming,... [Lire la suite]

Philippe de Champaigne (Brussels, 1602 - Paris, 1674), Portrait of a young woman in allegory of Generosity, Paris, circa 1658. Oil on canvas, 116.5 x 115.5 cm (45.9 x 45.5 in). Image courtesy Galerie Eric Coatalem / Stand 303 Frédérique Lanoë will include it in the catalogue raisonné of Philippe de Champaigne (letter, February 27, 2018). Provenance: Collection of Jacqueline Fenaille (1913-1983), wife of Pierre de Montesquiou of Fezensac; collection of his heirs. Théodore Géricault (Rouen, 1791 - Paris, 1824), A young boy... [Lire la suite]

Lot 330. A fine yellow and blue 'Dragon' dish, Kangxi six-character mark in underglaze blue within a double circle and of the period (1662-1722); 9 7/8 in. (25 cm.) diam. Estimate USD 50,000 - USD 70,000. Price realised USD 60,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2007.  The interior decorated with a five-clawed dragon leaping amidst clouds and flames in pursuit of a flaming pearl, below dragons at similar pursuit in the well, and also on the exterior above a band of petal lappets, all in lemon... [Lire la suite]

Lot 328. A copper-red, celadon and slip-decorated blue and white baluster jar and cover, Kangxi period (1662-1722); 15½ in. (39.4 cm.) high. Estimate USD 15,000 - USD 20,000. Price realised USD 24,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2007.  The jar decorated with pairs of white slip egrets shown amidst towering lotus plants rising from a pond in which can be seen various water plants and weeds, all below three blossoming branches on the neck, the various flowers detailed in copper red,... [Lire la suite]

Lot 327. A blue and white compressed globular jar, Kangxi period (1662-1722);  9½ in. (24.1 cm.) diam. Estimate USD 6,000 - USD 8,000. Price realised USD 7,200. © Christie's Images Ltd 2007.  The sides painted with a continuous river landscape scene including two fishermen in their boats, and houses on the banks and nestled amidst trees and rocks, with mountains in the distance and a flock of ducks below the rounded shoulder. Christie's. Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of... [Lire la suite]

Lot 326. A blue and white brushpot, bitong, Kangxi period (1662-1722);  7 in. (18 cm.) diam. Estimate USD 15,000 - USD 18,000. Price realised USD 14,400. © Christie's Images Ltd 2007.  Painted in rich tones of underglaze blue with figures in a continuous river landscape, with a scholar and his attendant carrying a qin on one side where a flock of ducks can be seen in flight, and also with a fisherman seated in one of two sampans moored at the rocky shore, all below a... [Lire la suite]

Lot 324. A blue and white brushpot, bitong, Kangxi period (1662-1722);  7/8 in. (20 cm.) diam. Estimate USD 28,000 - USD 35,000. Price realised USD 31,200. © Christie's Images Ltd 2007.  Well painted on one side with a scene from Ode to the Red Cliff, depicting scholars on a boat seated at a low table set with wine cups beneath a canopy, the figure in the bow pointing to the pine tree growing from the cliff, with a lengthy dated poetic inscription and two seals on the reverse,... [Lire la suite]

Lot 321. A blue and white censer, Kangxi period (1662-1722);  7/8 in. (20 cm.) diam. Estimate USD 2,000 - USD 4,000. Price realised USD 2,400. © Christie's Images Ltd 2007.  The compressed body painted on one side with chrysanthemums and peonies growing amidst rocks, with butterflies, insects and a small plant on the reverse, all below alternating babao and clouds on the waisted neck, with a double circle on the base. Christie's. Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of... [Lire la suite]