Master Paintings Part II

Master Paintings Part II

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Property from a Northeast Private Collection

Attributed to Jean-Jacques de Boissieu

Six Nymphs Bathing in a Stream

Live auction begins on:

February 6, 07:00 PM GMT

Estimate

20,000 - 30,000 USD

Bid

14,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Property from a Northeast Private Collection

Attributed to Jean-Jacques de Boissieu

Lyon 1736 - 1810

Six Nymphs Bathing in a Stream


oil on canvas

canvas: 25 ⅛ by 60 ⅛ in.; 63.8 by 152.7 cm

framed: 28 ⅛ by 62 ⅞ in; 71.4 by 159.7 cm

Private collection, New York;

With Mauro Herlitzka;

Anonymous sale, New York, Sotheby's, 12 January 1995, lot 111;

Where acquired by the present collector.

The present work is a small-scale adaptation of the left section of François Girardon's sculptural relief that forms the decorative basin for the Fountain of Diana in the gardens at the Palais de Versailles.