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October 30, 05:04 PM GMT
Estimate
1,500 - 2,500 USD
Lot Details
Description
PIERRE NICOLAS LEGRAND DE LÉRANT
Pont-L'Eveque 1758 - 1829 Berne
A PAIR OF CLASSICAL SCENES WITH FIGURES AMONG RUINS:
A) A RUINED PALATIAL HALL IN A CITY SACKED BY TURKS (RECTO); A PLAN OF THE BUILDING WITH STUDIES OF FIGURES (VERSO)
B) A CAPRICCIO OF CLASSICAL RUINS WITH TURKS BY A POOL IN THE FOREGROUND
Both watercolor and gouache over traces of black chalk;
A) signed and dated, lower left: P.re N.as Legrand / Archi.us inven. del. / 1765
B) signed, lower left: Le Grand / Arch:ius inv. del.
A) 374 by 485 mm
B) 376 by 483 mm
Comte de Blangy;
sale, New York, Christie's, 10 January 1990, lot 122