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Ange-Joseph-Antoine Roux (Marseille 1765-1835)
Lot 66

Ange-Joseph-Antoine Roux (Marseille 1765-1835)

Vué de l'Entree du Port de Marseille, prise Place de l'Abbaye, Saint Victor

Closed21 November 2012

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GBP 11,250

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Ange-Joseph-Antoine Roux (Marseille 1765-1835)
Vué de l'Entree du Port de Marseille, prise Place de l'Abbaye, Saint Victor
signed, inscribed and dated 'Ant.ne Roux Delin./à Marseille 1816' (lower right) and further inscribed with title (on a label attached to the backboard)
pencil, pen and black ink and watercolour, on paper
16 x 27½ in. (40.7 x 69.9 cm.)

Specialist note

Arguably the most successful of the Roux dynasty, Ange-Joseph-Antoine Roux was the father and master of Mathieu-Antoine, Frédéric and François. His work remained superior in quality and was the inspiration to a whole following of aspiring French and Italian marine watercolour painters.