Auction on
26 May 2019 - 14:30 (CEST) -
2, rue du Docteur-Leray - 95880 Enghien-les-Bains
This sale included works by Jean-Paul Alaux, Mathurin Méheut and Jean Joubert, whose gouaches made for Versailles were pre-empted by the Louvre.
Jean Joubert (active ca. 1643-1707), Abraham and Sarah Going to Egypt and Rebecca and Giving Abraham’s Servant a Drink (detail reproduced here), two oval gouaches on vellum stretched on oak panel, one signed "Ioubert" in gilt gouache and titled, 25 x 31.5 cm each. Result: €14,536
Jean Joubert (active ca. 1643-1707), Abraham and Sarah Going to Egypt and Rebecca and Giving Abraham’s Servant a Drink (detail reproduced here), two oval gouaches on vellum stretched on oak panel, one signed "Ioubert" in gilt gouache and titled, 25 x 31.5 cm each. Result: €14,536
These two works by Jean Joubert will enrich the Louvre’s collections, which makes sense: the museum already has 69 of his miniatures depicting Old and New Testament scenes. At first there were 136, made for a room in Versailles…
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