Louis Nicolas de Lespinasse

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1734-1808

View of the Two Banks of the Seine, Paris

Pen and brown ink and watercolor, with white opaque watercolor, over graphite, on paper; fine ruled border in pen and black ink.

12 7/8 x 24 13/16 inches (326 x 630 mm)

Purchased on the Lois and Walter C. Baker Fund.

1994.17

Provenance:

Possibly François Coty; his sale, Paris, 14 May 1947 (as "Bords de la Seine, Paris"); private collection, Paris; Richard Day, Ltd., London.

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Watermark: coat of arms with letters D. and C.B[lauw?] (see Heawood 2968).

Associated names:

Coty, François, 1874-1934, former owner.

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