PIERRE-ALEXANDRE WILLE (PARIS 1748-1821)

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Lot 51 | PIERRE-ALEXANDRE WILLE (PARIS 1748-1821)
PIERRE-ALEXANDRE WILLE (PARIS 1748-1821)

A group of elegantly coiffured ladies, Cupid, a dog and an old man in the foreground

signed and dated ‘P.A. Wille filius inv. et del/ 1768’

pen and black ink and watercolour, watermark (‘CIG FIN’)

9 ¼ x 8 ¾ in. (23.7 x 22.2 cm)







Provenance

Collection de Mr. Chanlaire sale; Paris, 2-4 April 1860, no. 477; where acquired by

Edmond (1822-1896) and Jules de Goncourt (1830-1870), Paris (L. 1089) (23 Francs); their sale, Paris, 17 February 1897 (sold for 200 Francs to Coblentz).





Literature

E. de Goncourt, La Maison d'un artiste, Paris, 1881, I, p. 178.

E. Launay, Les Frères Goncourt collectionneurs de dessins, Paris, 1991, no. 387.
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