Charles-François Grenier de La Croix, called Lacroix de Marseille, and Workshop
(Marseille c. 1700–1782 Berlin)
Southern seaport with the Arch of Titus,
signed and dated at lower left: De Lacroix / 1780,
oil on canvas, 65.5 x 93 cm, framed
Provenance:
European Private Collection
Little is known about the artist’s early years or when exactly he arrived in Italy as he is not documented anywhere until 1750, when the Marquis de Vandières met him in Rome. It has traditionally been assumed that Lacroix was a pupil of Claude-Joseph Vernet and they were evidently working side by side in Rome in 1751 when Lacroix executed four copies, now at Uppark, Sussex, of four works by Vernet painted in that year, also at Uppark. Lacroix’s copies are almost indistinguishable from Vernet’s prototypes, which may help to explain why he only emerges from obscurity after his and Vernet’s paths separated in 1753, once Vernet had returned to France and left Lacroix in Rome. Lacroix spent more than another ten years there before returning to France, where he is recorded in 1776 and 1780. He died in 1782, in Berlin according to Pahin de la Blancherie.
Specialist: Dr. Alexander Strasoldo
Dr. Alexander Strasoldo
+43-1-515 60-556
old.masters@dorotheum.com
21.04.2015 - 18:00
- Realized price: **
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EUR 75,000.-
- Estimate:
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EUR 30,000.- to EUR 40,000.-
Charles-François Grenier de La Croix, called Lacroix de Marseille, and Workshop
(Marseille c. 1700–1782 Berlin)
Southern seaport with the Arch of Titus,
signed and dated at lower left: De Lacroix / 1780,
oil on canvas, 65.5 x 93 cm, framed
Provenance:
European Private Collection
Little is known about the artist’s early years or when exactly he arrived in Italy as he is not documented anywhere until 1750, when the Marquis de Vandières met him in Rome. It has traditionally been assumed that Lacroix was a pupil of Claude-Joseph Vernet and they were evidently working side by side in Rome in 1751 when Lacroix executed four copies, now at Uppark, Sussex, of four works by Vernet painted in that year, also at Uppark. Lacroix’s copies are almost indistinguishable from Vernet’s prototypes, which may help to explain why he only emerges from obscurity after his and Vernet’s paths separated in 1753, once Vernet had returned to France and left Lacroix in Rome. Lacroix spent more than another ten years there before returning to France, where he is recorded in 1776 and 1780. He died in 1782, in Berlin according to Pahin de la Blancherie.
Specialist: Dr. Alexander Strasoldo
Dr. Alexander Strasoldo
+43-1-515 60-556
old.masters@dorotheum.com
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| Auction: | Old Master Paintings |
| Auction type: | Saleroom auction |
| Date: | 21.04.2015 - 18:00 |
| Location: | Vienna | Palais Dorotheum |
| Exhibition: | 11.04. - 21.04.2015 |
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