Auction: American & European Works of Art - 2422Location: BostonDate / Time: September 12, 2008 12:00PM
Description:
Nicolas Le Sueur (French, 1690-1764),Charles Nicolas Cochin the Elder
(French, 1688-1754),Paul Ponce Antoine Robertde Seri (French, 1686-1733),and Others
Lot of Six Images from the CABINET DE MR. CROZAT:St. Francois Xavier mourans; l'Empereur Henry IV aux pieds du Pape Gregoire VII: Jesus-Christ donnantles clefs a Saint Pierre; La Calomnie peinte par Apelles; Dessins de Balthazar Peruzzi de Sienne; and Diane et Endimion, c. 1743. Each identified in the matrix, some with Fogg Art Museum duplicate stamps on the reverse. Chiaroscuro woodcuts and etchings on paper, image sizes to 17 7/8 x 12 1/2 in. (45.3 x 31.7 cm),unmatted, unframed.
Condition: Some with staining, toning, and/or creases.
Provenance: Property of the Fogg Art Museum, Harvard Art Museum, sold to benefit the acquisition fund.
Estimate $500-700