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Flemish master

Ruin of an antique amphitheatre. Circa 1600

Pen in iron gall ink on laid paper. 22 x 20,7 cm (8 ⅝ x 8 ⅛ in.).
This picture shows the following artwork: Flemish master. Ruin of an antique amphitheatre. Circa 1600.

Estimate:

EUR 3,000

 

- 5,000

USD 4,080

 

- 6,800

Sold for:

3,125 EUR (incl. premium)

Auctions 215-221

ORANGERIE. Selected Objects, Thursday, 28.11.2013

Information

Pen in iron gall ink on laid paper. 22 x 20,7 cm (8 ⅝ x 8 ⅛ in.). Notation regarding former owner on the reverse, upper right: J. de B... (illegible) a.e. Talleyrand; geometric motifs in pen and India ink as well as a sketch for a St Antony / watermark (cut): foot (presumably of a cross) on three hills, in a coat of arms. Corners upper right and at the bottom repaired, stains / Remains of old mount on the reverse.

Related literature: Ekkehard Mai (ed): Das Capriccio als Kunstprinzip. Zur Vorgeschichte der Moderne von Arcimboldo und Callot bis Tiepolo und Goya. Malerei - Zeichnung - Graphik, exhibition catalogue, Milan 1996

Frame: On loan from Olaf Lemke, Antike Rahmen Berlin.

Collection Hélie Duc de Talleyrand-Périgord (1882 – 1968) / formerly private collection, France

Auction catalogue: Ancienne Collection du Duc de Talleyrand. Paris, Christie’s, 26 June 2002, part of lot 69

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