Live Auction 5311Old Master & British Pictures & Old Master Drawings
Phillipe Rey (active Marseilles, 18th century)
Lot 198THE PROPERTY OF A LADY OF TITLE (LOTS 55, 59, 64, 145, 146, 193, 198, 199 AND 207)

Phillipe Rey (active Marseilles, 18th century)

A mountainous coastal landscape with fishermen on a bank, a boat being built and a town beyond

Closed5 December 2007

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GBP 28,100

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Phillipe Rey (active Marseilles, 18th century)
A mountainous coastal landscape with fishermen on a bank, a boat being built and a town beyond
signed and dated 'P. Rey 1784' (lower left, on a boat)
oil on canvas
65½ x 58 5/8 in. (166.5 x 149.2 cm.)

Specialist note

Philippe Rey studied under Vernet, and is known to have had a studio in Marseille, where he established a reputation as a marine artist. There are two works by the artist in the Musée des Beaux Arts, Marseille.