Catalogue de Tableaux et Esquisses, Miniatures et Dessins, Estampes…Terre cuite, Biscuit, Bronze; Empreintes en plomb et en soufre; Statues, petites Figures, Bustes et Masques en Plâtre; Tablettes de Porphire rouge, Ustensiles de Peinture et Bordures dorées, Après le Décès de… Par F. L. Regnault. Cette Vente se fera les matins des mercredi 4, jeudi 5, vendredi 6 et samedi 7 novembre…
24 pp. 8vo (220 x 138 mm.), late 19th-cent. brown calf-backed marbled boards (joints a little worn), title on spine. Paris: Regnault & André, 1807.
The rare auction catalogue offering the collection of Suvée (1743-1807), the Belgian-born painter. In 1801 he became director of the Académie de France in Rome. This catalogue has 179 lots of paintings, drawings, prints, sculptures, painter’s tools, frames, etc. 43 lots of paintings and 17 lots of drawings are by Suvée.
Nice copy; some foxing to a few leaves. With the bookplate of G[eorges] P[annier] (1853-1944), the Parisian art dealer and collector of early art auction catalogues, and stamp of the Bibliothèque Heim on verso of title.
❧ Lugt 7310.
Price: $950.00
Item ID: 7589
