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Jean Marc Nattier |
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Title |
Venus presenting Aeneas to the gods
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Medium |
black and white chalk |
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Size |
11.1 x 10.3 in. / 28.2 x 26.2 cm. |
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Description |
Jean-Marc Nattier (Paris 1685-1766)
Venus presenting Aeneas to the gods
black and white chalk on light brown paper
11 1/8 x 10¼ in. (282 x 262 mm.) |
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Sale Of |
Christie's New York: Thursday, January 29, 2009 [Lot 48]
Old Master and 19th Century Drawings |
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Estimate |
10,000 - 15,000 US$ |
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Sold For |
BOUGHT IN
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Provenance |
With an indistinct collector's mark, probably G. Seligmann.
Anonymous sale; Paris, Hôtel Drouot, 13 April 1924, lot 105 (pl. XII, as by Marc Nattier).
With Paul Prouté, Paris, 1971 (as by Marc Nattier in preparation for a print by Nicolas Tardieu after a composition by Cotelle).
Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 10 January 1990, lot 128 (as by Circle of Jean-Marc Nattier).
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 12 January 1994, lot 104 (as Circle of Jean-Marc Nattier) |
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Literature |
X. Salmon, Jean-Marc Nattier, 1685-1766, exhib. cat., Versailles, Musée national des chateaux de Versailles et Trianon, 1999, p. 19, fig. 1 (as 'Marc or Jean-Marc Nattier...Non localisé') |
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