Pierre-Antoine Demachy

Lot 283: PIERRE-ANTOINE DEMACHY

Name: PIERRE-ANTOINE DEMACHY
Brand: Sotheby's
SKU: befa05d181

Est: $40,000 USD - $60,000 USD

Sotheby'sNew York, NY, USJanuary 31, 2013

Item Overview

Description

PROPERTY OF A PRIVATE COLLECTOR
PARIS 1723 - 1807
DEMOLITION OF L'EGLISE DES SAINTS INNOCENTS, PARIS
indistinctly signed and dated lower left
oil on panel
19 3/8 by 24 7/8 in.; 49.2 by 63.2 cm.

Artist or Maker

Pierre-Antoine Demachy

Exhibited

Paris, Salon, 1787, no. 27.

Literature

Lanlaire au Salon Académique de peinture, 1787, p. 16;
J.-B. Robin, L'Ami des Artistes au Sallon. Réflexions sur l'origine et les progrès des arts sur leur état actuel en France, 1787/1972, p. 25;
Tarare au salon de peinture, 1787, p. 13.
Inscriptions pour mettre au bas de différens tableaux exposés au salon du Louvre, 1787, p. 8.

Provenance

With Cailleux, Paris;
By whom sold ("Property of Cailleux, Paris"), New York, Christie's, 23 October 1998, lot 97 (as indistinctly signed and dated: P*D*MA* **87);
There purchased by the present collector.

Auction Details

Important Old Master Paintings and Sculpture

Sotheby's

January 31, 2013, 12:00 PM EST

1334 York Avenue, New York, NY, 10021, US

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