AUGUSTE JEAN-BAPTISTE VINCHON | A PERGOLA

With Simon Dickinson Inc, New York;

Where acquired by the present collector circa 1999.

Rome and The Campagna: Oil sketches by Auguste Jean-Baptiste Vinchon and other French artists, exhibition catalogue, New York 1999, pp. 14-5, cat. no. 10, reproduced.

New York, Dickinson Roundell, Rome and The Campagna: Oil sketches by Auguste Jean-Baptiste Vinchon and other French artists, 6 May - 3 June 1999, no. 10.

Although the location depicted in this painting is unknown, it is likely the same venue depicted in C.W. Eckersberg's En pergola in the Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen (inv. no. KMS2059). Vinchon's fascination with light and penchant for dramatic effects is heightened in this scene where the deep green hues of the vines are balanced by the bright blue hues of the sky.

For more information on the artist, please refer to Lot 216.