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View full screen - View 1 of Lot 38. PIERRE NICOLAS LEGRAND DE LÉRANT | 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.

PIERRE NICOLAS LEGRAND DE LÉRANT | 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

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October 30, 05:04 PM GMT

Estimate

1,500 - 2,500 USD

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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