ID 887546
Lot 51 | FRENCH SCHOOL, CIRCA 1675
Estimate value
$ 140 000 – 200 000
Paris, a view of the Seine looking West, the equestrian statue of Henri IV and the Pont Neuf in the foreground, the PalaIs du Louvre on the right and the Quai de Conti, the Hôtel de Nevers and the Collège des Nations (now the Institut de France) on the left; and Paris, a view of the Seine looking West, the Pont Rouge in the foreground, the Palais du Louvre on the left, the Collège des Nations (now the Institut de France) on the right, the Pont Neuf, Notre Dame and other churches in the distance, with a procession of carriages on the Quai des Tuileries
oil on canvas
35 1/2 x 59 1/2 in. (90.3 x 151 cm.), each
(2)in Louis XIII carved and gilded frames
a pair
Provenance
Charles, 4th Lord Hillingdon, by whose Trustees sold; Christie's, London, 7 July 1972, lot 20 (32,000 gns. to Van Haeften).
Anonymous sale; Drouot-Richelieu, Paris, 29 April 1998, lot 93, as Follower of Hendrick Mommers, where acquired by the present owner.
Literature
B. de Montgolfier, Pont Neuf 1578-1978, exhibition catalogue, Paris, 1978, pp. 21, 24 and 26.
V. Benoit, La Gazette de l'Hôtel Drouot, 8 May 1998, p. 21, illustrated.
Special notice
This lot is offered without reserve.
| Artist: | Hendrick Mommers (1623 - 1693) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil on canvas |
| Genre: | Cityscape |
| Auction house category: | Paintings |
| Artist: | Hendrick Mommers (1623 - 1693) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil on canvas |
| Genre: | Cityscape |
| Auction house category: | Paintings |
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