Live Auction 16185A Love Affair with France: The Elizabeth Stafford Collection
Jean-Frédéric Schall (Strasbourg 1752-1825 Paris)
Lot 1210

Jean-Frédéric Schall (Strasbourg 1752-1825 Paris)

The declaration of love

Closed1 November 2018

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Jean-Frédéric Schall (Strasbourg 1752-1825 Paris)
The declaration of love
red, black, white chalk, red wash
11 x 8 ¼ in. (27.9 x 20.9 cm.)

Georges Bourgarel, Paris, before 1922; Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 15-16 June 1922, lot 220.
René-Albert Kieffer, Paris (1876-1963).
with Galerie Pardo, Paris; where purchased by the late owners, 1981.

Specialist note

Born in Strasbourg, Schall studied at the Académie Royale under the supervision of Nicolas-Bernard Lépicié specializing in erotic and pastoral subjects, which were often later engraved. Inspired by Boucher and Fragonard, this drawing is a good example of the artist's courtship scenes, the category for which he is best known.