Alexis (1640) Loir

Lot 386: ATTRIBUTED TO ALEXIS LOIR

Name: ATTRIBUTED TO ALEXIS LOIR
Brand: Sotheby's
SKU: 42836a967c

Est: £6,000 GBP - £8,000 GBP

Sotheby'sLondon, United KingdomJuly 05, 2013

Item Overview

Description

PARIS 1640 - 1713 DESIGN FOR A FRONTISPIECE WITH ALLEGORICAL FIGURES Drawn with the brush in brown ink and wash, with blue and ochre wash; bears number in pen and brown ink: 303; bears inscription in pen and brown ink, verso: A. Loire 346 by 265 mm

Artist or Maker

Alexis (1640) Loir

Exhibited

Newcastle, 1960, no. 27

Provenance

With Louis Meier, London, from whom purchased, circa 1955

Notes

The attribution is presumably based on the old inscription on the verso. Loir was an engraver but little is known of his drawings. Somewhat better known are the works of his brother Nicolas-Pierre Loir (1624-1679) who works in a style influenced by Charles LeBrun.

Auction Details

Galleria Portatile – The Ralph Holland Collection

Sotheby's

July 05, 2013, 12:00 AM GMT

34-35 New Bond Street, London, LDN, W1A 2AA, UK

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