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30 June 2019 - 10:00 (CEST) -
26, rue Goudard - 13005 Marseille
At the 1737 Salon, Edme Bouchardon presented a drawing called Fêtes de Palès (Horvitz collection, Boston). This red chalk work formerly in the Sir Wind collection, which was sold at Sotheby’s in London in 1839, was the first study.
Edme Bouchardon (1698-1762), Première pensée pour les "Fêtes de Palès" (First Study for the Festival of Pales), red chalk, 42.8 x 58.5 cm. Estimate: €8,000/10,000
Edme Bouchardon (1698-1762), Première pensée pour les "Fêtes de Palès" (First Study for the Festival of Pales), red chalk, 42.8 x 58.5 cm. Estimate: €8,000/10,000
The art critic and engraver Charles-Nicolas Cochin called Edme Bouchardon "the greatest sculptor and the best illustrator his century”. In 1722 he won…
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