Attributed to Pierre Alexandre Wille
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(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:
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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 |