ATTRIBUÉ À ANTHONY THOMAS DEVIS (1729-1817) Lot n° 23 1

Landscape with church ruins animated by figures, shepherd and flock Black stone Monogrammed lower left: AD Diagonal stain in the center, probably the mark of an old mounting Height 13 cm - Width 19.5 cm (as seen) Enclosed: 19th CENTURY FRENCH ECOLE, FOLLOWER OF PHILIPPE CHÉRY Phoenix; Cleone; Orestes; Pylades Suite of four studies in red chalk and framing strokes in pencil, of these characters from Racine's Andromaque. Titled at bottom Small marginal tears and stains Height 33.5 cm - Width 20.5 cm These costume studies illustrate Levacher de Chamois' Recherches sur les costumes et sur les théâtres de toutes les nations tant anciennes que modernes, the plates engraved by Pierre-Michel Alix (1762-1817), published in 1802. Study of young boy in bust with fruit basket, sanguine, Height 33.5 cm - Width 20.5 cm