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Lot 30: Antoine Caron (Beauvais circa 1521-1599 Paris)

Est: $30,000 USD - $50,000 USDSold:
Christie'sNew York, NY, USJanuary 30, 2014

Item Overview

Description

Antoine Caron (Beauvais circa 1521-1599 Paris) >The coronation of King Henri III at Reims <br>indistinctly inscribed 'R. DV **** 1575' [?] >black chalk, brown wash, heightened with white (partly oxidized), black chalk framing lines<br>14 1/8 x 19 7/8 in. (35.8 x 50.5 cm.)

Artist or Maker

Exhibited

New York, Wildenstein, Drawings through Four Centuries, 1949, no. 1. >New York, Wildenstein, Timeless Master Drawings, 1955, no. 8.

Literature

J. Adhémar, Le dessin français au XVIe siècle, Lausanne, 1954, p. 136, no. 84, pl. 84 (as French School, 1575). >J. Ehrmann, Antoine Caron, Geneva and Lille, 1955, p. 35, pl. XVI. P. Tyler, 'Reviews and Previews: Timeless Master Drawings', in Art News, LIV, no. 8, December 1955, p. 51. >J. Ehrmann, Antoine Caron, Paris, 1986, p. 212, fig. 212. >C. Scailliérez, 'Caron, Antoine', in Algemeines Künstler-Lexikon. Die bildenden Künstler aller Zeiten und Völker, Munich and Leipzig, 1997, XVI, p. 513.

Auction Details

Old Master Drawings

by
Christie's
January 30, 2014, 12:00 AM EST

502 Park Avenue at 59th Street, New York, NY, 10022, US