Success for Greuze, Vallayer-Coster and Bruegel

Result EUR322,000

Published on 03 November 2023, by Anne Doridou-Heim

Auction on 20 October 2023 - 14:30 (CEST) - Salle 5-6 - Hôtel Drouot - 75009

This sale was a delightful invitation to explore centuries of the past and indulge in reverie—whatever Molière might think.

Jean-Baptiste Greuze (1725-1805), Rêverie, oil on canvas, 61.5 x 52 cm/24.2 x 20.5... Success for Greuze, Vallayer-Coster and Bruegel

Jean-Baptiste Greuze (1725-1805), Rêverie, oil on canvas, 61.5 x 52 cm/24.2 x 20.5 in.
Result: €322,000

Unlike the young model here, bidders’ minds were not in the clouds but decidedly in the real world, concentrated on each of the Old Masters assembled here for their quality and inclusion in long-established collections. The sale made a total of €2,744,217. The Velvet Brueghel panel on the cover of Gazette no. 33 lived up to its promise, as did a painting by Jean-Baptiste Greuze . This light, dreamy Rêverie was drawn…

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IMPORTANTS TABLEAUX ANCIENS, MOBILIER ET OBJETS D'ART DES XVIIe ET XVIIIe SIECLES

Friday 20 October 2023 - 14:30 (CEST) - Live

Salle 5-6 - Hôtel Drouot - 75009 Paris

Oger - Blanchet

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