Art du XVIIIème siècle / 18th century art

Lot 69. Nicolas Lancret (Paris 1690 - 1743), Winter, oil on canvas, 45 1/4  by 37 in.; 115 by 94 cm. Estimate 1,500,000–2,000,000 USD. Lot sold 2,655,000 USD. Photo: Sotheby's. Provenance: Commissioned from the artist by Jean-François Lériget de la Faye (1674-1731), Paris, and mentioned in his estate inventory of 26 September 1731, no. 87 (as part of a set of four, see catalogue note);By descent to his nephew, Jean-François Lériget de la Faye II, Paris;Pierre Vigné de Vigny (1690-1772), Paris, by... [Lire la suite]

Attributed to Pierre Gole (Bergen, Holland 1620-1684 Paris), French middle-table, France, Louis XIV period, circa 1680. Ebony and fruitwood marquetry, H 77 x W 117 x D 73 cm. © Galerie Berger Pierre Gole, an important cabinetmaker who was raised to 'furniture maker-in-ordinary’ under King Louis XIV. He was the first to create marquetry in tortoiseshell and brass, a technique which became famous with André Charles Boulle (1642-1732).   Attributed to Robert Osmond (Canisy 1711-1789... [Lire la suite]

Portrait of Joseph and his Brother John Gulston (detail), 1754, Francis Cotes, pastel on blue paper, mounted on canvas. The J. Paul Getty Museum. LOS ANGELES, CA.- In the eighteenth century, paper was made by hand, pulled in sheets that were no wider than the span of a paper maker’s arms. Artists who worked in pastels at first worked on a small scale, but as they began to compete with oil painters for major portrait commissions, some started piecing together multiple sheets of paper to create large, continuous surfaces for... [Lire la suite]

Francesco Guardi, The Rialto Bridge with the Palazzo dei Camerlenghi. Oil on canvas, 47⅛ x 80½ in (119.7 x 204.3 cm). Sold for £26,796,000 at Christie's London, 6 July 2017. © Christie's Images Ltd 2017 LONDON.- Arts Minister John Glen has placed a temporary export bar on the Rialto Bridge with the Palazzo dei Camerlenghi by Francesco Guardi to provide an opportunity to keep it in the country. The extraordinary painting is at risk of being exported from the UK unless a buyer can be found to match... [Lire la suite]

The Painter’s Daughters Chasing a Butterfly by Thomas Gainsborough, c.1756. © The National Gallery, London. Henry Vaughan Bequest, 1900.  LONDON.- The National Portrait Gallery London is to bring together for the first time all twelve surviving portraits of Thomas Gainsborough’s daughters in a major new exhibition, Gainsborough’s Family Album, opening on 22 November 2018. The portraits, which trace the development of the Gainsborough girls from playful young children to fashionable adults, include such famous... [Lire la suite]

Cabinet piece with the portrait cameo of a Roman emperor, Johann Melchior Dinglinger (1664-1731), Jeweler & Balthasar Permoser (1651-1732), sculptor, Dresden, before 1722; Cameo: Roman, probably 41 AD. Onyx cameo, ivory, cameo, gold, precious stones, pearls, gold plated silver, agate, jasper, enamel. H 44.0 cm; Onyx cameo: H 13.0 cm, W 10.0 cm. Green Vault, V 1. © Dresden State Art Collections. In February 1722 Johann Melchior Dinglinger delivered two works to the Green Vault, both of which have the majesty and the... [Lire la suite]

Lot 87. Claude Joseph Vernet (Avignon 1714-1789 Paris), Clair de lune, signed and dated 'J. Vernet/ f.1772' (on rock, lower left), oil on canvas, 114.8 x 164cm (45 3/16 x 64 9/16in). Estimate £100,000 - 150,000 (€110,000 - 170,000). Sold for £752,750 (€849,911) inc. premium. Photo: Bonhams.  Provenance: Commissioned November 1771 by Henry, 8th Lord Arundell of Wardour (1740-1808), Wardour Castle, Tisbury, Wiltshire and by descent until theArundell sale, L.W. Arnett of... [Lire la suite]

  PARIS.- – La vente de la collection d’Eleanor Post Close (1909-2006) et de son fils, Antal Post de Bekessy (1943-2015) s’est conclue ce soir sur un montant total de 7 139 047 € (8 466 553 $), bien au-dessus des estimations (estimation: 3,9 – 5,9 millions €). Au cours des deux derniers jours, plus de 1000 collectionneurs, marchands, et institutions du monde entier ont participé à cette vente exceptionnelle qui rendait hommage à l’œil et au goût exquis de cette dynastie de collectionneurs. 94 % des lots ont trouvé preneur... [Lire la suite]

Lot 209. Francesco Guardi (Venice 1712 - 1793), Venice, A view of San Giorgio Maggiore, oil on canvas, 44 x 58.1 cm.; 17 1/4  x 22 7/8  in. Estimate 80,000 — 120,000 GBP. Lot sold 315,000 GBP. Photo: Sotheby's The great island monastery of San Giorgio Maggiore, with its church designed by Andrea Palladio and completed in 1610, was one of Guardi's most popular views, and nearly thirty autograph versions are recorded. The view in this hitherto unknown and unpublished work... [Lire la suite]

Bernardo Strozzi (1581–1644), Saint John the Baptist Interrogated about Christ, c.1618/1620, oil on canvas, 110 x 115 cm, acquired with the assistance of the National Heritage Memorial Fund, 1987, 108873, National Trust, Kedleston Hall and Eastern Museum. Photo credit: National Trust Images.