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Jean-Jacques-François Le Barbier l‘ Aîné

Rouen 1738 – 1826 Paris

Voltaire Portrait – after the bust by Jean Antoine Houdon from 1778. After 1778.

Black chalk on bluish wove paper (watermark: 356 / enclosed by circle). 51 × 40,8 cm (20 ⅛ × 16 ⅛ in.).
This picture shows the following artwork: Jean-Jacques-François Le Barbier l‘ Aîné. Voltaire Portrait – after the bust by Jean Antoine Houdon from 1778. After 1778.

Estimate:

EUR 8,000

 

- 10,000

USD 8,790

 

- 11,000

Sold for:

10,000 EUR (incl. premium)

Autumn 2019

ORANGERIE Big Animals. Big Shots, Thursday, 28.11.2019

Information

Black chalk on bluish wove paper (watermark: 356 / enclosed by circle). 51 × 40,8 cm (20 ⅛ × 16 ⅛ in.). Signed and inscribed: Le Barbier lainé d’après le Buste de Houdon. In an art déco frame. Framed

Engraving after the motif of Frédérik Cazanave (active 1793–1843) published in: Michel Jacq–Hergoualc´h: Jean-Jacques François Le Barbier l’aîné, vol. 2, Catalogue de l’œuvre dessiné. Tokyo, 2014, cat. no. D.890, p. 294.

Collection Pierre Berès (1913–2008), Paris (until 1980) / Private Collection, Northern Germany