Antoine (1715) Saint-Aubert Sold at Auction Prices

ANTOINE FRANCOIS SAINT-AUBERT (French, 1715-1788) THE FISH MARKET AT CAMBRAI oil on canvas;

ANTOINE FRANCOIS SAINT-AUBERT (French, 1715-1788) THE FISH MARKET AT CAMBRAI oil on canvas; signed and dated St. Aubert 1756, l.l.; bears label on verso stretcher: Exposition Internationale d'Anvers 1930 No. 26 du catalogue; 35 x 45 inches; framed: 44 x 54 inches Provenance: Property formerly in the Collection of Forsyth Wickes, New York Exhibitions: Exposition Internationale d'Anvers, 1930, No. 26 Literature: A pendant piece, with same title, is in the collection of the Cambrai Musee Muncipal in Cambrai, France. Other Notes: A.F. Saint-Aubert was born in Cambrai and spent most of his life there. Educated in Paris at the expense of the Archbishop of St. Albin, Saint-Aubert was the first master of drawing at the Cambrai School of Drawing.