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40 [Drawing]

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Achilles’ triumph in front of Troy

], s.d. Pen and black ink wash, 28,3 x 41,3 cm; not

signed. Pasted by upper corners under passe-partout. Some old traces on verso.

Cfr. ill.

€ 350/450

Scene from Homer’s Iliad. Well-executed drawing representing Achilles dragging the body of

Hector around the walls of Troy.

41 [Drawing]

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Allégorie

], fin XVIIIe-début XIXe s. Aquarelle, 9 x 12,5 cm à vue; non signée. Sous

passe-partout, verre et cadre (non désencadrée). Fraîche.

€ 100/150

Fort jolie pièce, d’une grande finesse d’exécution, figurant le roi David faisant pénitence (?) dans

un décor de ruines antiques: au centre, un homme agenouillé devant un autel fumant portant

l’inscription “Toi seul es imuable”, 2 personnages dansant et jouant du tambourin et du triangle à

gauche, 2 autres personnages dont un vieillard assis et une jeune femme tenant des fleurs à droite.

Partition musicale ouverte et instrument de musique posés à g., diverses inscriptions illisibles sur

les monuments écroulés sauf “Rome éternelle”.

42 [Drawing]

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Cabaret scene

, s.d. Brown ink pen and wash heigthened with blue, 15,3 x 22,5 cm;

identified “Ostade” in lower left corner. Stuck by upper corners under passe-partout. Old traces on

verso, sm. fold in lower right corner.

€ 300/400

Well-executed drawing in the style of Adriaen Van Ostade: animated scene with men and women in

a tabagie.

43 [Drawing]

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Crowning of a King by a Bishop

], s.d. Red pencil and black ink pen and wash, 27,7 x

31,5 cm; not signed. Stuck by upper corners under passe-partout. Repaired tear in upper part, verso

sl. fox.

€ 300/400

Crowning of Philip V of Spain in 1700, Spanish school, according to a note. Central scene finely

detailed and coloured (Bishop, kneeling King, altar servants and 3 dwarfs), background sketched

in red pencil.

44 [Drawing]

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Dutch urban landscape by a river

], 18th c. (or later?). Gouache on parchment, 15 x

20 cm; not signed. Stuck by upper corners under passe-partout.

€ 200/300

Nice scene representing a boat entering a city, with a couple on the foreground and houses and

other boats on the background.

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