Old Master and British Works on Paper
Old Master and British Works on Paper
Antoine Pierre Mongin
A kneeling youth with Cupid and Amorini
Lot Closed
July 6, 12:59 PM GMT
Estimate
3,000 - 4,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Antoine Pierre Mongin
Paris 1761 - 1827 Versailles
A kneeling youth with Cupid and Amorini
Bodycolor and gouache over traces of black chalk;
signed and dated, lower right: Mongin/1796
205 by 259 mm
Sale, London, Christie's, 13-14 December 1984, lot 146;
sale, New York, Sotheby's, 25 January 2012, lot 208
sale, New York, Sotheby's, 25 January 2012, lot 208
Antoine Pierre Mongin studied at the Académie des Beaux-Arts, Paris, and exhibited at the Salon between 1791 and 1824. In addition to working in bodycolor and gouache, Mongin was an engraver and painter of history and genre subjects.