Live Auction 16185A Love Affair with France: The Elizabeth Stafford Collection
Victor-Jean Nicolle (Paris 1754–1826)
Lot 1201

Victor-Jean Nicolle (Paris 1754–1826)

Ruins of the Roman baths

Closed1 November 2018

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USD 1,250

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Victor-Jean Nicolle (Paris 1754–1826)
Ruins of the Roman baths
signed 'V.J. Nicolle' and with inscription '(Rome) Ruines des Thermes' on the mount
pen and brown ink, watercolor
7 x 5 in. (19 x 13.5 cm.)
(2)

Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 30 January 1998, lot 322.

Specialist note

Sent to Italy by King Louis XVI to record various views of Rome, Naples and Venice, Victor-Jean Nicolle depicts here an imaginary scene taken from the inside of the Roman thermae.

Sold with:
Jean Henri Alexandre Pernet (Paris 1763–after 1789)
Ruins of a Temple
pen and brown ink, watercolor
4 1/4 x 4 in. (10.7 x 10.1 cm)