Nicolas Lancret

Nicolas Lancret (Paris 1690 – 1743), Two Young Women Seated Looking To The Left. Photo Sotheby's red chalk with traces of black chalk; 7 1/2 by 9 3/4 in. 191 by 197 mm - Estimate 20,000-30,000 USD PROVENANCE: Galerie Cailleux, bears their stamp, lower right (not in Lugt) EXHIBITED: Zurich, Kunsthaus, Schönheit der Jahrhunderts, 1955, no. 173Paris, Galerie Cailleux, Watteau et sa Génération, 1968, no. 102 NOTE: Stylistically the present sheet can be compared to two drawings sold, Paris, Tajan, 17... [Lire la suite]

Circle of Nicolas Lancret, A Young Man Lounging on a Chair. Photo Sotheby's black and white chalk on blue paper; 9 1/2 by 8 1/2 in. 241 by 216 mm - Estimate 4,000-6,000 USD Sotheby's. Property from the Estate of Brooke Astor. New York | 24 sept. 2012 www.sothebys.com

Nicolas Lancret (Paris 1690 – 1743), A Seated Persian Smoking a Long Pipe. Photo Sotheby's black and white chalk on gray paper;inscribed in pencil, lower right: D. 8 7/8 by 6 1/2 in. 225 by 165 mm - Estimate 15,000-25,000 USD PROVENANCE: With Galerie Cailleux (bears their stamp, lower right, not in Lugt) NOTE: This charming, exotic drawing does not appear to relate to any of Lancret's surviving paintings. Sotheby's. Property from the Estate of Brooke Astor. New York | 24 sept.... [Lire la suite]

Louis-Léopold Boilly (1761–1845), Portraits of the Artist’s Family and Servants. Black and white chalk, on light brown wove paper, 17 13/16 x 11 11/16 inches (450 x 297 mm)Thaw Collection, The Morgan Library & Museum NEW YORK, NY.- Few eras in French history witnessed the same degree of radical social and political changes as those of the eighteenth century. The efflorescence of the ancien régime and its eventual downfall provide the backdrop to a period of remarkable artistic vitality and variety that subtly chronicled the... [Lire la suite]

NEW YORK, NY.- Few eras in French history witnessed the same degree of radical social and political changes as those of the eighteenth century. The efflorescence of the ancient régime and its eventual downfall provide the backdrop to a period of remarkable artistic vitality and variety that subtly chronicled the many changes taking place in France. It is this dynamic period in French art history that is the subject of Rococo and Revolution: Eighteenth-Century French Drawings. On view from October 2, 2009, through January 3, 2010,... [Lire la suite]