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Jean Baptiste Maréchal
Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 USD
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Description
- Jean Baptiste Maréchal
- Elegant company standing outside the Orangery at the Château de Saint-Cloud
- Black chalk and brown and gray wash within black ink framing lines;
inscribed upper right in pen and brown ink: L'Orangerie de St Clou[d] - 11 3/4 x 18 3/4 inches
Provenance
Groult Collection, until 1985,
when purchased by the present owner (as Fragonard)
when purchased by the present owner (as Fragonard)
Condition
Laid down and hinged to mount at upper margin. Overall in good condition. Small light staining around the edges of the sheet. A brown stain located over the inscription upper right. Some surface dirt. Otherwise medium strong.
Sold in carved and gilded frame.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
Catalogue Note
Jean Baptiste Maréchal, a follower of Fragonard, specialized in landscape drawings of the gardens and architectural monuments in and around Paris. A number of magnificent works by him are preserved in the Musée Carnavalet, Paris as well as the Musée des Art Décoratifs, Paris and the Musée de Château-Thierry.
In the present work Maréchal depicts elegant figures standing outside the orangery in the grounds of the Château de Saint-Cloud, a 16th-century palace situated outside Paris. The château was bought by Louis XVI for Marie-Antoinette in 1785, but became the setting for several key historical events. On 10 November 1799, the orangery seen in this drawing was the scene of the dramatic coup d'état of 18 Brumaire, in which the Directoire was suppressed and the new Consulat declared. Then, less than five years later, Saint-Cloud was where Napoleon was declared Emperor of France, and the château was subsequently used by his family alongside their other seat, the Palais des Tuileries.