Lot 145: Jean-Baptiste Le Paon Paris 1736/38 - 1785 , french soldiers on the march, a cannon carriage in the foreground pen and black ink and grey and brown wash, heightened with white and pink gouache, over black chalk

Name: Jean-Baptiste Le Paon Paris 1736/38 - 1785 , french soldiers on the march, a cannon carriage in the foreground pen and black ink and grey and brown wash, heightened with white and pink gouache, over black chalk
Brand: Sotheby's
SKU: 8jsv36uheg

Est: £3,000 GBP - £4,000 GBPSold:

Sotheby'sLondon, United KingdomJuly 04, 2007

Item Overview

Description

signed in pen and brown ink: Le Paön pen and black ink and grey and brown wash, heightened with white and pink gouache, over black chalk

Dimensions

measurements note 370 by 518mm

Artist or Maker

Jean-Baptiste Le Paon

Notes

This is a characteristic work which also reveals the influence of Le Paon's teacher, Francesco Casanova. It most probably shows an episode from the French campaigns in Flanders as the town in the background is quite precisely described.

Auction Details

Old Master Drawings

Sotheby's

July 04, 2007, 12:00 PM EST

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

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