What: Dessins Anciens et du XIXe SiècleWhere: Christie’s, 9 Avenue MatignonWhen: Mar 21, 2:30 PMPublic Viewing: Paris - 16 Mar, 10am - 6pm / 17 Mar, 3pm - 6pm / 18 Mar, 2pm - 6pm / 19 Mar, 10am - 6pm / 20 Mar, 10am - 6pm / 21 Mar, 10am - 2pmThe Dessins Anciens et du XIXe Siècle is the right place to fish out paintings of the age! The sale has an amazing set of paintings that speak volume among themselves.Top Lots of the Sale- "Sappho" - Gustave Moreau (Paris 1826-1898); signed '-Gustave Moreau-' and titled '-SAPHO-'; watercolor and gouache, enhanced with gum arabic. Measured at 39 x 28 cm. Estimated Price: EUR 200,000 - EUR 300,000 (USD 246,601 - USD 369,902)- "Man weeding at the foot of a tree, a woman lays laundry in the background ('The gardening')" - Jean-François Millet (Gruchy 1814-1875 Barbizon); signed 'JF Millet' (bottom right); black stone , charcoal, white chalk, blends, on beige paper. Measured at 33.8 x 46.5 cm. Estimated Price: EUR 100,000 - EUR 150,000 (USD 123,300 - USD 184,951)- "Portrait of Mademoiselle Louise Marcotte" - Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres (Montauban 1870-1867 Paris); signed, dated and signed 'Ingres Del. to Madame Marcotte au Poncelet Oct. 1848'; graphite, enhanced with white. Measured at 32 x 24 cm. Estimated Price: EUR 70,000 - EUR 90,000 (USD 86,310 - USD 110,970)- "Saint Jerome and the lion inspired by an angel" - Jean-Honoré Fragonard (Grasse 1732-1806 Paris); black chalk, brush, brown wash. Measured at 24.6 x 37.6 cm. Estimated Price: EUR 50,000 - EUR 70,000 (USD 61,650 - USD 86,310)- "The Kiss"; and pastoral scene with a couple in a landscape - Jean-François Millet (Gruchy 1814-1875 Barbizon); each signed 'F. Millet', pastel. Measured at 38.7 x 31 cm. Estimated Price: EUR 40,000 - EUR 60,000 (USD 49,320 - USD 73,980)- "The apparition of the angel before Agar" - Hans Bol (Malines 1534-1593 Amsterdam); signed and dated 'HBOL / 1.5.8.6' and with inscriptions (on a label on the back of the set); gouache, enhanced with gold on vellum, features gold frame. Measured at 12.1 x 19.7 cm. Estimated Price: EUR 30,000 - EUR 50,000 (USD 36,990 - USD 61,650)- "Frontispiece project and portraits of the dukes of Brabant" - Erasmus Ii Quellinus (Antwerp 1607-1678) And Joannes Meyssens (Brussels 1612-1670 Antwerp); black stone, pen and brown ink, gray wash, incised outlines. Estimated Price: EUR 30,000 - EUR 50,000 (USD 36,990 - USD 61,650)- "Study of figures" - Hubert Robert (PARIS 1733-1808); traces of black stone, blood of different colors, on four sheets of paper, in its original montage. Measured at 45.2 x 34.8 cm. Estimated Price: EUR 30,000 - EUR 40,000 (USD 36,990 - USD 49,320)- "The Chaldean" - Ferdinand-Victor-Eugène Delacroix (Charenton-Saint-Maurice 1798-1863 Paris); Pastel Shepherds. Measured at 24.2 x 26.9 cm. Estimated Price: EUR 30,000 - EUR 40,000 (USD 36,990 - USD 49,320)- "Lavandières with the fountain" - Jean-François Millet (Gruchy 1814-1875 Barbizon); signed 'JFM' (lower right); black stone, on brown paper. Measured at 38.5 x 29.5 cm. Estimated Price: EUR 30,000 - EUR 50,000 (USD 36,990 - USD 61,650)- A Bartolomeo Pinelli (Rome 1781-1835) - "A bound album of twenty-four Italian studies of everyday life: musicians, washerwomen, peasants, mothers and children"; with numbers from 1 to 24 on each sheet with pen and brown ink; graphite, watercolor, traces of watermark blazon with initials. Measured at 20.4 x 28.5 cm. Estimated Price: EUR 25,000 - EUR 35,000 (USD 30,825 - USD 43,155)- "Study of the bust of Francesco I d'Este, after Bernini" - Giovanni Boldini (Ferrare 1842-1931 Paris); signed 'Boldini' (bottom right), brown and blue wash. Measured at 45.5 x 30.4 cm. Estimated Price: EUR 25,000 - EUR 35,000 (USD 30,825 - USD 43,155)- "É study of an equestrian statue (Louis XIV)", from Bernini - GIOVANNI Boldini (Ferrara Paris 1842-1931); signed 'Boldini' (bottom right), brown wash and blue. Measured at 45.8 x 30.3 cm. Estimated Price: EUR 25,000 - EUR 35,000 (USD 30,825 - USD 43,155)- "Head of Virgin" - Giovanni Antonio Bazzi, Sail Sodoma (Vercelli 1477-1549 Sienna); with inscriptions 'sodoma' (pen and brown ink, bottom left), black stone, sanguine, on brown paper. Measured at 35 x 25.2 cm. Estimated Price: EUR 20,000 - EUR 30,000 (USD 24,660 - USD 36,990)- "A Terracine family" - Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot (Paris 1796-1875); Signed 'Corot', black stone, on light brown autographic paper. Measured at 24.8 x 40.5 cm. Estimated Price: EUR 20,000 - EUR 30,000 (USD 24,660 - USD 36,990)For details, visit: http://www.christies.comClick on the slideshow for the highlights of the sale.
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