Eustache Le Sueur

Lot 100: Eustache Le Sueur (Paris 1616-1655)

Name: Eustache Le Sueur (Paris 1616-1655)
Brand: Christie's
SKU: 00bd7a5c0c

Est: $6,000 USD - $8,000 USDSold:

Christie'sNew York, NY, USJanuary 26, 2012

Item Overview

Description

Eustache Le Sueur (Paris 1616-1655)
A putto holding a palm frond
black and white chalk on dark brown paper
4 7/8 x 7½ in. (12.4 x 19.3 cm.)

Artist or Maker

Eustache Le Sueur

Literature

A. Mérot, Eustache Le Sueur 1616-1655, Paris, 1987, p. 290, D.274, fig. 355.

Provenance

Possibly Claude Potier; Paris, 28 February 1757, lot 108 ('Un Ange de la Gloire qui se voit dans le même tableau').
Anthony Blunt, London.
Anonymous sale, Sotheby's, New York, 28 January 1998, lot 168, where acquired by the present owner.

Notes

PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN

Eustache Le Sueur (Paris 1616-1655)
A putto holding a palm frond
black and white chalk on dark brown paper
4 7/8 x 7½ in. (12.4 x 19.3 cm.)

Auction Details

Old Master & Early British Drawings & Watercolors

Christie's

January 26, 2012, 12:00 AM EST

20 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY, 10020, US

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