ID 793541
Lot 242 | CLAUDE LORRAIN (1600-1682)
Estimate value
£ 3 000 – 5 000
Scène de Brigands
etching, 1633, on laid paper, watermark Fleur-de-Lys in a crowned Circle (Mannocci 15c), a fine impression of the fifth state A (of nine), printing with touches of burr by the palmtree and without wear in the sky, with small margins, in good condition; together with three other works by the same hand, including Les Quatres Chèvres, left Section, etching, circa 1630, on wove paper, an impression of the fourth, final state; Le Naufrage, etching, circa 1638-41, on wove paper, an impression of the fifth, final state; and Le Pont de Bois, etching, circa 1638-41, on wove paper, an impression of the seventh, final state; all generally in good condition
Plate 130 x 200 mm.
Sheet 135 x 208 mm.
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Provenance
M. 35:
Karl Eduard von Liphart (1808-1891), Dorpat, Bonn, Florence (Lugt 1687); probably his posthumous sale, C. G. Boerner, Leipzig, 9 April 1894, lot 685 ('Vorzüglicher Abdruck vor der No. und pag.') (Mk. 12).
M. 38:
Unidentified, stamped Loonshong in red verso (not in Lugt).
All:
Dr Michael Berolzheimer (1866-1942), Fürth, Munich and Untergrainau, Germany, and Mount Vernon, New York (without mark and not in Lugt).
Private Collection, USA; by descent from the above.
Literature
Mannocci 11, 8, 35, & 38
Special notice
This lot has been imported from outside of the UK for sale and placed under the Temporary Admission regime. Import VAT is payable at 5% on the hammer price. VAT at 20% will be added to the buyer’s premium but will not be shown separately on our invoice.
Applied technique: | Etching |
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Art style: | Old Masters |
Applied technique: | Etching |
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Art style: | Old Masters |
Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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