Live Auction 21921The Robin and Rupert Hambro Collection
FRENCH SCHOOL, 18TH CENTURY
Lot 106

FRENCH SCHOOL, 18TH CENTURY

Study of a male nude seated on pedestals, seen from behind

Closed8 June 2023

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GBP 2,142

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FRENCH SCHOOL, 18TH CENTURY
Study of a male nude seated on pedestals, seen from behind
with inscription in graphite 'f 291' (upper edge)
black chalk heightened with white on brown (formerly blue) paper
8 x 20 3/4 in. (15.5 x 52.5 cm.)

Mathias Polakowitz (1921-1987), Paris (cf. L. 3561).
Private collection, U.K.
with Succi Ltd., London, in 1990 (as attributed to Jean-Jacques Boissière); where acquired by Robin Hambro.

Specialist note


An attribution to Louis de Boullogne (1654-1733) has been suggested.