Auction on
10 December 2021 - 13:30 (CET) -
Salle 1-7 - Hôtel Drouot - 75009
Jacques-Laurent Agasse, a brilliant animal painter, was born in Geneva but made a career in England. This intimate scene reveals another side of his immense talent.
Jacques-Laurent Agasse (1767-1849), The Difficult Word, c. 1820, oil on canvas monogrammed "JLA" in the top left, 61 x 51 cm/24.01 x 20.08 in. Estimate: €40,000/60,000
Jacques-Laurent Agasse (1767-1849), The Difficult Word, c. 1820, oil on canvas monogrammed "JLA" in the top left, 61 x 51 cm/24.01 x 20.08 in. Estimate: €40,000/60,000
Learning how to read is not always easy, as this expressive scene from about 1820 attests. A blond boy has put his bowl of milk down on the floor as he sits by the fireside apparently struggling to puzzle out a word, while the family cat, unconcerned with such worldly matters, cozily basks in the warmth of…
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