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François Verdier

Lot 69127
Cincinnatus at the plow
Chalk heightened with white on paper

14,6 x 21,9 cm (5,8 x 8,6 in)
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Lot 69127
Cincinnatus at the plow
Chalk heightened with white on paper
14,6 x 21,9 cm (5,8 x 8,6 in)
Estimation: US$ 500 - 700
€ 450 - 630
Enchère: 16 Jours

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Lieu: Dallas, TX
Enchère: 05.06.2025
Numéro d’enchère: 8206
Nom d’enchère: European Art Signature® Auction
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François Verdier (French, 1651-1730) Cincinnatus at the plow Chalk heightened with white on paper 5-3/4 x 8-5/8 inches (14.6 x 21.9 cm) (sheet) Property from the William A. Glaser Collection PROVENANCE: (Possibly) François Boucher (1703-1770), Paris; (Possibly) His sale: Paris, February 18, 1771, lot 338 (as one in a group of 86 drawings by Verdier) Jean-Honoré Fragonard (1732-1806), Paris, possibly acquired from the above; His great-grandson, Georges Huet (1860-1935), by descent from the above; George S. Hellman (1878-1958), New York, acquired from the above, late 1920s (as Jean-Honoré Fragonard); His sale: Kende Galleries, New York, April 10, 1952, lot 48; Sotheby's, New York, January 9, 1996, lot 213 (as Attributed to Michel Corneille the Younger); Acquired by the present owner from the above. LITERATURE: G. Hellman, "Fragonard's Long Lost Italian Drawings Come to Light," The Art Digest, February 15, 1932, pp. 21, 32, illustrated in black and white; E. Williams, ed., Drawings by Fragonard in North American Collections, exhibition catalogue, Washington, D.C., 1978, pp. 56-61. George Hellman acquired the present work, among many others, along with the sketchbook of Jean-Honoré Fragonard; the Verdier drawings had been pasted inside by a young Fragonard. While at first assumed, or hoped, to also be the work of Fragonard, the Verdier drawings were removed from the sketchbook (which itself now resides in the Fogg Museum at Harvard University) and sold separately over the course of the 20th century, enjoying renewed academic interest starting in the 1970s. Other examples from the Hellman group were examined by Jacob Bean of The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Eunice Williams of the Fogg; both scholars determined that they were the work of Verdier. In a letter to William Glaser dated March 30, 1998, Pierre Rosenberg of the Louvre also firmly attributes the Hellman drawings to Verdier. Jean-Claude Boyer suggested an attribution to Louis Licherie in a letter dated January 29, 1996, but this supposition was not supported by the other scholars consulted. HID12401132022 © 2024 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved www.HA.com/TexasAuctioneerLicenseNotice
(Possibly) François Boucher, Paris; (Possibly) His sale: Paris, February 18, 1771, lot 338 (as one in a group of 86 drawings by Verdier) Jean-Honoré Fragonard, Paris, acquired from the above; His great-grandson, Georges Huet, by descent from the above; George S. Hellman, New York, acquired from the above, late 1920s (as Fragonard); His sale: Kende Galleries, New York, April 10, 1952, lot 48; Sotheby's, New York, January 9, 1996, lot 213 (as attributed to Michel Corneille the Younger); Acquired by the present owner from the above.
Condition report available upon request. Framed under glass. Not examined out of frame. Framed Dimensions 12.75 X 15.5 X 1 Inches
Lot Details
François Verdier (French, 1651-1730) Cincinnatus at the plow Chalk heightened with white on paper 5-3/4 x 8-5/8 inches (14.6 x 21.9 cm) (sheet) Property from the William A. Glaser Collection PROVENANCE: (Possibly) François Boucher (1703-1770), Paris; (Possibly) His sale: Paris, February 18, 1771, lot 338 (as one in a group of 86 drawings by Verdier) Jean-Honoré Fragonard (1732-1806), Paris, possibly acquired from the above; His great-grandson, Georges Huet (1860-1935), by descent from the above; George S. Hellman (1878-1958), New York, acquired from the above, late 1920s (as Jean-Honoré Fragonard); His sale: Kende Galleries, New York, April 10, 1952, lot 48; Sotheby's, New York, January 9, 1996, lot 213 (as Attributed to Michel Corneille the Younger); Acquired by the present owner from the above. LITERATURE: G. Hellman, "Fragonard's Long Lost Italian Drawings Come to Light," The Art Digest, February 15, 1932, pp. 21, 32, illustrated in black and white; E. Williams, ed., Drawings by Fragonard in North American Collections, exhibition catalogue, Washington, D.C., 1978, pp. 56-61. George Hellman acquired the present work, among many others, along with the sketchbook of Jean-Honoré Fragonard; the Verdier drawings had been pasted inside by a young Fragonard. While at first assumed, or hoped, to also be the work of Fragonard, the Verdier drawings were removed from the sketchbook (which itself now resides in the Fogg Museum at Harvard University) and sold separately over the course of the 20th century, enjoying renewed academic interest starting in the 1970s. Other examples from the Hellman group were examined by Jacob Bean of The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Eunice Williams of the Fogg; both scholars determined that they were the work of Verdier. In a letter to William Glaser dated March 30, 1998, Pierre Rosenberg of the Louvre also firmly attributes the Hellman drawings to Verdier. Jean-Claude Boyer suggested an attribution to Louis Licherie in a letter dated January 29, 1996, but this supposition was not supported by the other scholars consulted. HID12401132022 © 2024 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved www.HA.com/TexasAuctioneerLicenseNotice
(Possibly) François Boucher, Paris; (Possibly) His sale: Paris, February 18, 1771, lot 338 (as one in a group of 86 drawings by Verdier) Jean-Honoré Fragonard, Paris, acquired from the above; His great-grandson, Georges Huet, by descent from the above; George S. Hellman, New York, acquired from the above, late 1920s (as Fragonard); His sale: Kende Galleries, New York, April 10, 1952, lot 48; Sotheby's, New York, January 9, 1996, lot 213 (as attributed to Michel Corneille the Younger); Acquired by the present owner from the above.
Condition report available upon request. Framed under glass. Not examined out of frame. Framed Dimensions 12.75 X 15.5 X 1 Inches
1 Autre oeuvre de François Verdier
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