Lot 3063* - A182 Old Master Paintings - Friday, 22. September 2017, 03.00 PM
CLAUDE JOSEPH VERNET
(Avignon 1714–1789 Paris)
Coastal landscape near Marseille in the moonlight. 1754.
Oil on canvas.
Signed, inscribed and dated lower right on the wooden barrel: Joseph Vernet f. / massila / 1754.
101 × 138 cm.
Provenance:
- Private collection, France.
- Acquired from the above, European private collection.
Literature:
Émilie Beck Saiello: Entre Paris et Marseille. Quelques réflexions sur les relations du provençal Joseph Vernet avec l'académie phocéenne, in: La diffusion des Lumières en Provence: l’Académie de peinture et de sculpture de Marseille (1753-1793), shortly to be published (article available. )
Émilie Beck Saiello, has examined the work in the original and confirmed its authenticity. The work will be published in the above-mentioned article. Our thanks to her for the information provided.
- Private collection, France.
- Acquired from the above, European private collection.
Literature:
Émilie Beck Saiello: Entre Paris et Marseille. Quelques réflexions sur les relations du provençal Joseph Vernet avec l'académie phocéenne, in: La diffusion des Lumières en Provence: l’Académie de peinture et de sculpture de Marseille (1753-1793), shortly to be published (article available. )
Émilie Beck Saiello, has examined the work in the original and confirmed its authenticity. The work will be published in the above-mentioned article. Our thanks to her for the information provided.
CHF 280 000 / 350 000 | (€ 288 660 / 360 820)
Sold for CHF 264 500 (including buyer’s premium)
All information is subject to change.