Elegance & Wonder: Masterpieces from the Collection of Jordan and Thomas A. Saunders III
Elegance & Wonder: Masterpieces from the Collection of Jordan and Thomas A. Saunders III
Louis Gauffier
Portrait of a Young Man with Mount Vesuvius Beyond
Live auction begins on:
May 21, 02:00 PM GMT
Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Louis Gauffier
Poitiers 1762 - 1801 Livorno
Portrait of a Young Man with Mount Vesuvius Beyond
oil on canvas, laid down on panel
canvas: 4 ⅛ by 3 ⅜ in.; 10.5 by 8.6 cm
framed: 5 ⅜ by 4 ⅝ in.; 13.7 by 11.7 cm
Anonymous sale, Monaco, Sotheby's, 19 June 1992, lot 264;
Where acquired by by Karl Lagerfeld (1933-2019), Paris;
His sale ("Old Master Paintings from the Lagerfeld Collection"), New York, Christie's, 23 May 2000, lot 51;
Where acquired by Johnny van Haeften on behalf of Jordan and Thomas A. Saunders III.
M. Hilaire and P. Stépanoff, Le voyage en Italie de Louis Gauffier, exhibition catalogue, Ghent 2022, p. 89, reproduced fig. 6.
Richmond, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Elegance and Wonder: Masterpieces of European Art from the Jordan and Thomas A. Saunders III Collection, 20 March 2023 - 30 January 2025.
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