François Nicolas Dupuis

Estimate

10,000 - 15,000 USD

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Description

A river landscape with scenes from Daphnis and Chloe
signed and dated lower right: F. N. Dupuis L'an. 3.me
oil on panel
18 by 22 in.; 45.8 by 56 cm.

Provenance

Anonymous sale, Paris, Beaussant & Lefèvre, 17 April 2015, lot 98.

Catalogue Note

Very little is known of François Nicolas Dupuis's life. A student of Stanislas Lépine, Dupuis exhibited at the Salon in Paris from 1795 to 1802 and was a professor of drawing at Chartres.