ID 587772
Lot 51 | PIERRE-ALEXANDRE WILLE (PARIS 1748-1821)
Valeur estimée
£ 2 000 – 3 000
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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