Giorgio Vasari and Sir John Soane In the Alain Moatti Library

Published on 15 March 2024, by Claire Papon et Sophie Reyssat

Auction on 22 March 2024 - 14:00 (CET) - Salle 7 - Hôtel Drouot - 75009

Alain Moatti (1939-2023) was an erudite antiquarian and a tireless curiosity seeker, renowned in particular for his knowledge of bronzes and majolica. He left a library in which sculpture and the fine arts occupy pride of place.

John Soane (1753-1837), Description of the House and Museum on the North Side of... Giorgio Vasari and Sir John Soane In the Alain Moatti Library

John Soane (1753-1837), Description of the House and Museum on the North Side of Lincoln's Inn Fields, the Residence of John Soane, Professor of Architecture in the Royal Academy (Londres, 1830), original edition in-4°, illustrated in 17 engraved plates, autographed letter to William Turner.
Estimate: €25,000/35,000

"Alain Moatti combined three qualities essential to a great dealer: an incomparable eye, immense and precise knowledge, and unparalleled enthusiasm", writes Jean-Baptiste de Proyart, the sale's expert, in the preface to the catalog. The collection, which is going up for sale, includes 140 historic works, as well as…

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