Lot 133
  • 133

Charles Michel-Ange Challe

Estimate
600 - 800 GBP
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Description

  • Charles Michel-Ange Challe
  • An architectural capriccio
  • Pen and grey ink and black and grey wash, over traces of black chalk;
    bears old attribution, lower left: Jacques Rousseau.

Provenance

Charles Jourdeuil (L.527);
Purchased from Huddlestone, June 1910,
sale, London, Christie's, Master Drawings from the Oppé Collection, 5 December 2006, lot 81

Condition

Laid down on paper. The sheet has very slightly discolored and there is evidence of some very light surface dirt and staining throughout. The sheet is in otherwise good condition with the medium fresh and vibrant throughout.
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