ID 922129 
Lot 30  | ÉCOLE VÉNITIENNE DU MILIEU DU XVIIIE SIÈCLE
Estimate value
€ 10 000 – 15 000 
Portrait de jeune femme au nœud bleu ; et Portrait de jeune homme à la veste brune
avec inscriptions ‘R’ (verso de la toile, à la craie bleue) (1,2)
pastel sur papier, marouflé sur toile et monté sur châssis
49 x 39,6 cm (19 1/4 x 15 1/2 in.), une paire
(2)
Post lot text
VENITIAN SCHOOL, MID-18TH CENTURY, PORTRAIT OF A YOUNG LADY WITH A BLUE BOW; AND PORTRAIT OF YOUNG MAN WITH A BROWN COAT, PASTEL ON PAPER LAID DOWN ON CANVAS AND MOUNTED ON A STRETCHER
The soft and vaporous treatment of the faces and costumes, the large eyes and the position of the models in contrapposto allow to situate the author of this delicate pair of pastels in Venice in the mid-18th Century. The names of several pastellists have been mentioned: Marianna Carlevarijs (1703-1750), Rosalba Carriera (1673-1757), Francesco Pavona (1695-1777), or Gian Antonio Lazzari (1639-1713). For some examples of pastel portraits by these artists, see Neil Jeffares’ Pastels and Pastellists. The Dictionary of Pastellists before 1800 (published at www.pastellists.com). The ‘R’ stamped on the back of each canvas could refers to the Veronese artist Pietro Antonio Rotari (1707-1762), but the style of his portraits, more precise and incisive, contrasts with the softness of this pair, whose models also remain unidentified.
| Applied technique: | Pastel on paper | 
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| Medium: | Canvas, Textile | 
| Genre: | Portrait | 
| Place of origin: | Italy, Europe | 
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects, Drawings | 
| Applied technique: | Pastel on paper | 
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| Medium: | Canvas, Textile | 
| Genre: | Portrait | 
| Place of origin: | Italy, Europe | 
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects, Drawings | 
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