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Lot 141: Baron Jean-Baptiste Regnault (Paris 1754-1829)

Est: £8,000 GBP - £12,000 GBPSold:
Christie'sLondon, United KingdomJuly 16, 2010

Item Overview

Description

Baron Jean-Baptiste Regnault (Paris 1754-1829)
The Origin of Painting, or Dibutade tracing the profile of the shepherd; and The Origin of Sculpture, or Pygmalion and Galatea
both signed 'Regnault'
black chalk, pen and black ink, brown wash, one with fragmentary watermark
6½ x 8½ in. (17.2 x 21.5 cm.)
a pair (2)

Provenance

Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, Monaco, 5 December 1991, lot 73.

Notes

Preparatory studies, with some differences, for a pair of overdoors commissioned by Louis XVI in 1785 for the Salon des Nobles de la Reine at Versailles, where they remain today (Figs. 1 and 2).

Auction Details

Living with Design: The Collections of Walter Lees and Mr NC

by
Christie's
July 16, 2010, 12:00 AM GMT

8 King Street, St. James's, London, LDN, SW1Y 6QT, UK