1778

Louis-Jean-François Lagrenée(1725–1805), Self-Portrait, 1778. Photo: Cecilia Heisser/Nationalmuseum.  STOCKHOLM.- Nationalmuseum has acquired two 18th century portrait drawings. One is a self-portrait of Louis-Jean-François Lagrenée, while the other, by Johann-Ernst Heinsius, depicts an unknown woman. Both works are fully elaborated and demonstrate a technical virtuosity which captures both the personality and vitality of their subjects. Louis-Jean-François Lagrenée (1725–1805) studied under Carle van... [Lire la suite]

George Stubbs (1724-1806), Horse frightened by a lion (detail), 1770. Oil on canvas © National Museums Liverpool. Walker Art Gallery. BATH.- The Holburne Museum presents Stubbs and the Wild, an exhibition of animal portraits, grand fantasies, and exquisite prints and drawings by renowned British wildlife painter George Stubbs (1724-1806), on show from 25 June to 2 October 2016. Stubbs and the Wild delves into the many-sided eighteenth-century world of George Stubbs through his realistic animal studies and sublime... [Lire la suite]

Sir Joshua Reynolds, P.R.A. (1723-1792), Portrait of Lucy Long, Mrs George Hardinge (d. 1820), daughter and heiress of Richard Long of Hinxton, Cambridgeshire, in a white dress with a sheer brown scarf and a ribbon and pearls in her hair, with her spaniel, in a landscape, 1778. Oil on canvas. 50 1/8 x 40 1/4 in. (127.3 x 102.1 cm.). Estimate: £2,000,000-3,000,000. Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2016. LONDON.- Infatuation with arresting beauty has always compelled artists to produce masterpieces and four superb works are... [Lire la suite]

Astronomical vase-clock à cercles tournants, 59 × 34 × 30 cm. Signed 'Mathieu fecit' 'Coteau le 1. juillet 1778' for the clockmaker Claude Mathieu and 'peintre-émailleur du roi' Joseph Coteau, Paris. Kunsthandel Peter Mühlbauer at TEFAF 2016. © TEFAF Maastricht, 2015 The neo-classical ormolu case by the bronzier Pierre Delacroix, Paris. The enamel disc with rolling moon phase, outer concentric rings for the days of the week and months of the year with their number of days, date aperture with silvered... [Lire la suite]

Qin Ding Chong Ke Chunhua Ge Tie, Volume 7 de l'édition impériale de 1778. Chine, Règne de Qianlong (1711-1799). Estimation : 3 000 € / 5 000 €. Photo Cornette de Saint-Cyr Bois papier et nacre. 30 X 17 cmPrésente des estampages des meilleures calligraphies historiques de la littérature Chinoise Provenance: Acquis en Chine vers 1900 par un aïeul du propriétaire actuel. CORNETTE DE SAINT CYR PARIS. Arts d’Asie – Art Tribal, le 14 Avril 2015 à 14h30. 6, Avenue Hoche – 75008 PARIS. Expert... [Lire la suite]

A Louis XVI ormolu month-going mean and solar time mantel regulator with remontoire, the clockmaker Robert Robin, Paris, the enameller Joseph Coteau. the dial dated 1778. Estimate £100,000 - £150,000. Sold £157,250 to an Anonymous. Photo: Christie's Images Ltd., 2010 CASE: glazed panel to acanthus leaf and bead moulded top, laurel leaf and berry mouldings to glazed side panels and front and rear glazed doors, on block feet DIAL: white enamel, with outer concentric year calendar and outer zodiac ring painted in oval gilt-framed... [Lire la suite]

Huit chevaux en liberté sous un arbre au bord de l'eau. Signée Nan Yuan Feng, suivi de deux cachets Fengyin et Nanyuan, et datée d'avril de wuxu 1778. Peinture en hauteur, encre sur papier. Dim. : 118 x 65 cm. (petits accidents et entoilée). Estimation : 600 / 800 € Vente du Jeudi 4 juin 2009. Art d'Orient, Art d'Extrême Orient, Archéologie, Art d'Afrique. Rossini - Paris

Jean-Antoine Houdon,1741-1828. Important portrait de Jean-Jacques Rousseau à l'Antique, 1778 signée et datée Houdon f. 1778, et intitulé au dos J.J. Rousseau ; terre cuite patinée; sur un socle en plâtre peint à l'imitation du marbre. haut. totale 47 cm; haut. (buste) 35 cm. Lot Sold 288,750 EUR PROVENANCE: Ancienne collection du peintre Nicolas Sicot, dit Legrand de Lérant (1758-1829); Collection M. Filliart, son gendre Acquis vers 1829 par Charles Duriez, rue Monsieur-le-Prince à Paris, dans sa... [Lire la suite]