Lot 154: Jean-Baptiste-Adolphe Gibert (French, 1803-1889)

Moon over Mount Vesuvius; Sunset on the Sea; and The Lake at Albano
each oil on paper laid down on canvas
8 3/4 x 11 3/4 in. (22.2 x 29.9 cm.); 8 x 17 in. (20.3 x 43.2 cm.); 8 1/4 x 11 1/4 in. (21 x 28.6 cm.)
A group of three (3)

Paris, Emmanuel Moatti, Jean Baptiste Gibert 1803-1883, October-November 2001, no. 38, 32, 12.

Collection of the artist and by descent to the artist's family.
with Emmanuel Moatti, Paris.
Acquired from the above by the late John R. Gaines.

PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF JOHN R. GAINES

Each of these luminous sketches may appear simplistic with regard to the choice of subject matter, yet it is the changing atmospheric effects of sky and water which is of most concern to the artist. Gibert commonly sketched or painted the same location at different moments of the day, a preoccupation that would become a central tenant of the Impressionist painters.