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Lot 104: Nicolas Vleughels (Paris 1668-1737 Rome)

Est: $30,000 USD - $50,000 USDSold:
Christie'sNew York, NY, USJanuary 25, 2012

Item Overview

Description

Nicolas Vleughels (Paris 1668-1737 Rome)
Venus and the Three Graces tending to Cupid
signed in monogram and dated 'N V 1725' (center, on the headboard)
oil on panel
10 1/8 x 13 5/8 in. (25.7 x 34.6 cm.)

Artist or Maker

Literature

B. Hercenberg, Nicolas Vleughels, Peintre et Directeur de l'Académie de France à Rome, 1668-1737, Paris, 1975, p. 119, no. 187, as lost.
J. Patrice Marandel, 'A New Painting by Nicolas Vleughels', The Burlington Magazine, June 1977, p. XX.

Provenance

Vente du Cabinet de M. ***; Joullain sale, Paris, Hôtel d'Aligre, 18-19 May 1778, no. 33.
Fitz James Sale, Paris, 18-19 May 1778, lot 33 ('N. VLEUGHELS. L'Amour couché, & Venus avec les Graces, & pour pendant l'Enlèvement d'Europe. Ces deux tableaux d'une composition agréeable & d'une belle couleur, sont peints sur bois. H. 9 pouces 3 l. larger 12 po. 6 l.')

Notes

Property from a Private Collection, Chicago

Nicolas Vleughels (Paris 1668-1737 Rome)
Venus and the Three Graces tending to Cupid
signed in monogram and dated 'N V 1725' (center, on the headboard)
oil on panel
10 1/8 x 13 5/8 in. (25.7 x 34.6 cm.)

Auction Details

The Art of France

by
Christie's
January 25, 2012, 12:00 AM EST

20 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY, 10020, US