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05 September 2022 - 13:00 (CEST) -
32, avenue Maunoury - 41000 Blois
Jean Mariège, a little-known Lyon-based painter, attests to the 18th-century fashion for capricci and the transition to Rococo painting.
Jean Mariège (active 1721-1728), Vues de ports imaginaires avec statues et personnages orientaux (Views of Imaginary Ports with Statues and Oriental Figures), pair of paintings, 49.5 x 76.5 cm/19.48 x 30.12 in. Estimate: €3,000/5,000
Jean Mariège (active 1721-1728), Vues de ports imaginaires avec statues et personnages orientaux (Views of Imaginary Ports with Statues and Oriental Figures), pair of paintings, 49.5 x 76.5 cm/19.48 x 30.12 in. Estimate: €3,000/5,000
The 18 th century was the era of capricci, a genre launched a hundred years earlier in Italy by painters such as Viviano Codazzi, whose architectural fantasies can be seen today in the royal apartments…
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