Master Paintings and Drawings
Master Paintings and Drawings
Sold to Benefit the Acquisition Fund of the Cleveland Museum of Art, Sold Without Reserve
Attributed to Claude-Louis Desrais
A female allegory, possibly Abundance
No reserve
Lot Closed
October 22, 04:57 PM GMT
Estimate
600 - 800 USD
Lot Details
Description
Sold to Benefit the Acquisition Fund of the Cleveland Museum of Art, Sold Without Reserve
Claude-Louis Desrais
1746 - 1816
A female allegory, possibly Abundance
Pen and brown ink and wash over pencil, heightened with white, in a drawn oval
177 by 137 mm; 7 by 5⅜ in.
4
where acquired by Muriel Butkin, Shaker Heights, OH
Sold together with:
French School, 18th/19th Century
Scene with a Bishop
Pen and brown ink and wash, heightened with white, over traces of pencil
91 by 65 mm; 3 1/2 by 2 1/2 in.
French School, 18th Century
Fête galante
Point of the brush and gray washes, within black ink framing lines
71 by 105 mm; 3 by 4 1/8 in.
French or Dutch School, 18th Century
Peasant scene with a rat catcher
Pen and brown ink and watercolor over pencil;
signed(?) with the artist's initials, lower left: AMF
295 by 225 mm; 11 5/8 by 8 7/8 in.