Old Master & 19th Century Paintings Evening Auction

Old Master & 19th Century Paintings Evening Auction

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Property from an Important Swiss Private Collection

Pierre-Jacques Volaire

The eruption of Mount Vesuvius, 15 June 1794

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Auction Closed

July 5, 07:17 PM GMT

Estimate

100,000 - 150,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Property from an Important Swiss Private Collection


Pierre-Jacques Volaire

Toulon 1729–1799 Naples

The eruption of Mount Vesuvius, 15 June 1794


signed lower right: Le Cer Volaire f 

oil on canvas

66.2 x 91.6 cm.; 26⅛ x 36⅛ in.

Possibly Jean-Antoine Claude Chaptal (1771–1835), Comte de Chanteloup, Paris;

Possibly his sale, Paris, La Neuville, 23–24 December 1816, no. 63, where unsold;

Possibly De Lyonne;

Possibly his sale, Paris, La Coste & La Neuville, 5–6 April 1819, no. 92, for 23 francs;

Possibly B. de Montpellier;

Possibly his sale, Paris, La Coste, 4 February 1820, no. 26;

Private collection, Europe;

Anonymous sale, Vienna, Dorotheum, 17 April 2013, lot 665;

With Charles Beddington, London;

From whom acquired by the present owner in December 2013.

Possibly E. Beck Saiello, Pierre Jacques Volaire 1729–1799, Paris 2010, under mentioned paintings, p. 286, no. PM125, or p. 288, no. PM131, or p. 408, no. IM.13.