Auction on
07 December 2022 - 14:15 (CET) -
Salle 13 - Hôtel Drouot - 75009
The limpid light and bustling figures in this Mediterranean capriccio create a lively, cheerful atmosphere.
Claude Joseph Vernet (1714–1789), The Islands of the Archipelago, oil on canvas, 1758, 74 x 99.5 cm/29.13 x 39.17 in. Estimate: €200,000/300,000
Claude Joseph Vernet (1714–1789), The Islands of the Archipelago, oil on canvas, 1758, 74 x 99.5 cm/29.13 x 39.17 in. Estimate: €200,000/300,000
Claude Joseph Vernet was already famous when he made this picture in 1758. Five years earlier, Louis XV had summoned him from his native Avignon to paint Views of the Ports of France . From 1734 to 1752, he…
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