Lot 135: AUGUSTE JEAN-BAPTISTE VINCHON PARIS 1789- 1855 BAD EMS

MOUNTAINOUS LANDSCAPE

measurements
11 1/4 by 8 5/8 in.

alternate measurements
28.5 by 22 cm.

oil on paper, laid down on canvas

Condition Note: On paper laid down. overall, there is very nice retention of the paint surface and good impastos. there is an old small repaired tear in mountain upper right, slightly visible to naked eye. ultraviolet light reveals retouching to tear as mentioned above; a few retouches in sky. there is a diagonal line of repaint in landscape at center right and a few tiny dots lower right.
In a simple modern gilt wood frame.

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PROVENANCE

Simon Dickinson, New York.

EXHIBITED

New York, Simon Dickinson, Inc. & Newhouse Galleries, Inc., Rome and the Campagna: oil sketches by August Jean-Baptiste Vinchon and other French artists, May 1999, no. 7.

NOTE

Vinchon, a pupil of Serangeli and David, entered the Prix de Rome in 1813 and won second prize with The Death of Jacob. The following year he won the Grand Prix with Diagoras Carried in Triumph by his Sons earning him a stay at the Villa Medici in Rome.

During his sojourn in Rome Vinchon, like his fellow students, studied the Old Master paintings and antiquities that surrounded him. He also continued the tradition of making plein aire oil sketches of Rome and the Campagna. The rolling hills outside of Rome gave the artist ample subject matter that he could refer to in later years.

Upon his return to Paris, he concentrated on fresco painting. Along with Abel de Pujol and Alexandre Guillemot, he decorated the chapels at Saint-Suplice. In addition, he received commissions for the Historical Gallery at Versailles and the Court of Commercial Justice at the Stock Exchange.

For further examples see lots 136 and 137.