Antoine (1662) Dieu

Lot 135: ANTOINE DIEU PARIS CIRCA 1662 - 1727

Name: ANTOINE DIEU PARIS CIRCA 1662 - 1727
Brand: Sotheby's
SKU: zu9j1c4brs

Est: €1,400 EUR - €1,800 EURSold:

Sotheby'sAmsterdam, NetherlandsMay 19, 2004

Item Overview

Description

signed lower right: A. dieu invenit

pen and black ink and grey wash over red chalk
bears a decorative letter L in red and grey chalk and inscription in red chalk on the verso: grandent d/ grip
Inv.nr. N 90

Dimensions

96 by 186 mm.

Artist or Maker

Antoine (1662) Dieu

Exhibited

The Hague 2001, cat. no. 5, reproduced in colour, p. 142, fig. 15

Literature

Amsterdam/Dordrecht 1994-5, p. 24, reproduced p. 27, fig. 27

Provenance

Professor Dr. Einar Perman, Stockholm, from whom purchased in 1958

Notes

Surviving paintings by Dieu are extremely scarce and it has not been possible to connect the present work. The drawing style is, however, typical of the artist: see Pierre Rosenberg, 'Dieu as a draughtsman,' Master Drawings, XVII, 1979, pp. 161-9, plates 33-47.

Auction Details

The Unicorno Collection: Fifty-five Years of Collecting Drawings

Sotheby's

May 19, 2004, 12:00 AM EST

De Boelelaan 30, Amsterdam, 1083 HJ, NL

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