ID 991608
Lot 81 | JEAN-BAPTISTE GREUZE (TOURNUS 1725-1805 PARIS)
Estimate value
£ 6 000 – 8 000
Profile portrait of Empress Catherine the Great of Russia, in an oval frame
with inscription ‘L’imperatrice de Russie par F.’ (lower centre)
black chalk, brush and grey wash, grey wash
23.5 x 17.2 cm (9 1/4 x 6 3/4 in.)
Provenance
John K. Rowlands (1931-2016), London.
Literature
C. Franck in Houdon (1741-1828), sculpteur des Lumières, exhib. cat., Versailles, Musée National du Château de Versailles, and Los Angeles, The J. Paul Getty Museum, 2003-2004, p. 54.
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
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| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
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