Virginie DEMONT-BRETON (1859-1935) Study of hand, for the painting The Messiah. …

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Virginie DEMONT-BRETON (1859-1935)

Study of hand, for the painting The Messiah. Charcoal. Monogrammed. Signed and titled lower right. 41 x 32,5 cm. Stains, tiny lacks on the edge of the leaf.

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Virginie DEMONT-BRETON (1859-1935)

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Estim. 30 000 - 40 000 EUR

Attributed to Jean-Honoré FRAGONARD (1732-1806) The Toilet of Venus Oil on canvas, lined 60 x 40 cm Provenance : Former Léon Michel-Lévy collection His sale Paris June 17-18, 1925, no. 140, repr. (as Fragonard) "Etude pour un tableau de plus grandes dimensions ayant fait partie de la collection Barroilhet, sale in Paris March 15-16, 1872, catalog no. 9 (72 x 49 cm). This study seems to us to have been taken up again later by another hand". Exhibition: 1907, Paris, Chardin - Fragonard. n° 105, Catalogue illustré de MM. A.Dayot et L.Vaillat, 1907, p. 105 (as Fragonard) Bibliography : Louis Réau, Fragonard, 1958, p. 147, quoted as "Etude pour le tableau de la vente Barroilhel" (Study for the painting in the Barroilhel sale). Georges Wildenstein, Les peintures de J.H. Fragonard, London, 1960, p. 270, no. 314, "...une étude(?) de ce tableau (le n° 314) est passé à la vente L. Michel-Levy 17-18 juin 1925, n° 140, acheté par la comtesse de Gontaut-Biron". Jacques Wilhelm, 1960, p. 93 G.Mandel, Fragonard, L'opera completa, 1972, n° 335A (as Fragonard) "Un dipinto di tema analogo (au 335) forse anche bozzetto preparatorio". Jean Pierre Cuzin, J.H. Fragonard. Vie et œuvres, complete catalog of paintings. Paris, 1987. N° 161, repr. (as Fragonard) Pierre Rosenberg, Tout l'oeuvre peint de Fragonard, Paris, 1989, no. 258, repr. (as Fragonard)

Estim. 3 000 - 4 000 EUR

Ary SCHEFFER (Dordrecht 1795 - Argenteuil 1858) and Charles-Antoine LEDIEU (1794 - 1878) Portrait of Marie Louise Ledieu (1828 - 1888) Original canvas Height : 41 cm Width : 30 cm Two labels on the reverse, top frame: Portrait de Marie Louise Ledieu / (1828-1888) / fille de Charles Antoine Ledieu / and Louise Eugénie Vernet, his wife / granddaughter of Livio Vernet. bottom: This portrait of Mlle Ledieu / was painted in 1832 by / Ary Scheffer and Ch. Ant. / Ledieu, a pupil of Horace Vernet As we know from family tradition, reported on old labels, this charming painting was by the model's father, Charles-Antoine Ledieu, and by Ary Scheffer. It is with Charles Ledieu that Vernet crosses the foil with one hand (with the other, they hold a palette and brushes), in the famous painting by Ary Scheffer. brushes), in the famous painting L'Atelier de M. Horace Vernet (1820, private collection). The master dedicated the study Man in Oriental Costume, possibly Turkish Mustapha, to his pupil in 1818 (New York, Dahesh Museum of Art). He should not be confused with two other pupils of Horace Vernet: Philippe Ledieu (born around 1805) and Alexis Ledieu (born 1808). Vernet, Scheffer and Ledieu had frequented each other from the time of Géricault's cenacle in the rue de Martyrs, and had probably met earlier. had probably met earlier in Carlet Vernet's studio. This painting activity followed a military career. He entered Saint-Cyr in 1811, became lieutenant in 1813, fought in the campaigns of 1813 and 1814 in the Grande Armée. He married Horace's first cousin, granddaughter of Joseph and daughter of Livio Vernet. At mid-century, he became director of the Mont de Piété. Taking into account the child's age, our painting can be dated to the early 1830s. Expert: Cabinet Turquin

Estim. 1 200 - 2 000 EUR

[Manuscripts] [Militaria] 'Etude de diverses parties de l'art de la Guerre De J. Sengy Sr. Lieutenant au Corps Royal d'Etat major aide Major au 2eme Régiment de Grenadiers à cheval de la Garde. Janvier 1820.' 155 p. (last few p. blank). Fascinating French manuscript covering diverse topics, mostly related to military matters, incl. a.o. fortification, the use of compasses, mechanics, hydrostatics, hydraulics, "plan d'un pont volant", the distances of the planets to the sun (w. hand-drawn diagram), artillery (for canons and for the army) and the construction of siege batteries. Incl. many in-text hand-drawn (and some handcol.) diagrams, drawings and tables as well as 6 hand-drawn (some handcol.) fold. plates. Written in a clear, legible hand. Bound in sl. later (somewhat worn) marbled paper over boards. Sm. 4to. Joints sl. worn, but bookblock holding on cords. A remarkably clean manuscript, truly a unique work.

Estim. 100 - 150 EUR

Werner VON PIGAGE (1888-1959), Architekturskizze 'Forum Romanum' / 'An architecture sketch of 'Forum Romanum', Italien, 1928

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