Lot No. 365 -


Attributed to Pierre Alexandre Wille


Attributed to Pierre Alexandre Wille - Old Master Paintings

(Paris 1748–1821)
Card players,
oil on canvas, 65 x 81 cm, framed

The present composition is a characteristic work from the late Ancien Régime. Jean-Baptiste Greuze had established sentimental genre painting on an almost equal footing with highly recognised history painting. In Paris, a regular market had developed for this type of painting, which depicted everyday scenes in a contemporary milieu in the tradition of Dutch genre pictures. One of the most renowned exponents of this discipline was Pierre-Alexandre Wille, the son of the copper engraver Johann Georg Wille, a native German. Wille was admitted to the Académie in 1774 and executed a considerable number of such sensitively observed genre scenes.

Specialist: Dr. Alexander Strasoldo Dr. Alexander Strasoldo
+43-1-515 60-556

old.masters@dorotheum.com

17.10.2017 - 18:00

Estimate:
EUR 15,000.- to EUR 20,000.-

Attributed to Pierre Alexandre Wille


(Paris 1748–1821)
Card players,
oil on canvas, 65 x 81 cm, framed

The present composition is a characteristic work from the late Ancien Régime. Jean-Baptiste Greuze had established sentimental genre painting on an almost equal footing with highly recognised history painting. In Paris, a regular market had developed for this type of painting, which depicted everyday scenes in a contemporary milieu in the tradition of Dutch genre pictures. One of the most renowned exponents of this discipline was Pierre-Alexandre Wille, the son of the copper engraver Johann Georg Wille, a native German. Wille was admitted to the Académie in 1774 and executed a considerable number of such sensitively observed genre scenes.

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: 17.10.2017 - 18:00
Location: Vienna | Palais Dorotheum
Exhibition: 07.10. - 17.10.2017

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