Lot 190: François Octavien (Rome 1682/95-1732/40 Nantes)

François Octavien (Rome 1682/95-1732/40 Nantes)
An elegant company at a table outside a farm house
signed 'F Octavien' (lower left)
oil on canvas
38 x 50¾ in. (96.5 x 129 cm.)

Kaiser Wilhelm, Potsdam.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 21 January 1982, lot 80 (sold $9,500).

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