Master Works on Paper from Five Centuries
Master Works on Paper from Five Centuries
Louis-Léopold Boilly
Scène de voleurs
Auction Closed
July 6, 10:38 AM GMT
Estimate
14,000 - 18,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Louis-Léopold Boilly
La Bassée 1761 - 1845 Paris
Scène de voleurs
Pen and black ink and brown wash and watercolour over pencil
251 by 329 mm
The artist,
thence by descent to his son, Baptiste-Marie-Simon Boilly,
thence by inheritance to his wife Mme Baptiste-Marie-Simon Boilly, by 1889,
thence by descent to Marthe-Caroline Pradiers-Boilly (1864-1953);
with Galerie Arnaud Charvet, Paris, by 2017;
with Nicolas Schwed, Paris, by 2018;
Private Collection
thence by descent to his son, Baptiste-Marie-Simon Boilly,
thence by inheritance to his wife Mme Baptiste-Marie-Simon Boilly, by 1889,
thence by descent to Marthe-Caroline Pradiers-Boilly (1864-1953);
with Galerie Arnaud Charvet, Paris, by 2017;
with Nicolas Schwed, Paris, by 2018;
Private Collection
F.-G. Dumas, 'Notice,' in Catalogue illustré des Beaux-Arts, Exposition universelle de 1889, Paris 1889, p. 34;
C.-P. de Chennevières, 'Exposition rétrospective des dessins (1789-1889),' Exposition universelle de 1889, les Beaux-arts et les Arts décoratifs, l’art français rétrospectif au Trocadéro, Paris 1889, p. 124, reprinted in La Gazette des beaux-arts, August 1889, p. 126;
P. Marmottan, Le Peintre Louis Boilly (1761-1845), Paris 1913, p. 106;
E. Breton and P. Zuber, Boilly. Le peintre de la société parisienne de Louis XVI a Louis-Philippe, Paris 2019, vol. II, p. 705, cat. no. 861 D, reproduced p. 706
C.-P. de Chennevières, 'Exposition rétrospective des dessins (1789-1889),' Exposition universelle de 1889, les Beaux-arts et les Arts décoratifs, l’art français rétrospectif au Trocadéro, Paris 1889, p. 124, reprinted in La Gazette des beaux-arts, August 1889, p. 126;
P. Marmottan, Le Peintre Louis Boilly (1761-1845), Paris 1913, p. 106;
E. Breton and P. Zuber, Boilly. Le peintre de la société parisienne de Louis XVI a Louis-Philippe, Paris 2019, vol. II, p. 705, cat. no. 861 D, reproduced p. 706