Charles François Lacroix, called Lacroix de Marseille
(Marseilles circa 1700–1782 Berlin)
A rocky river landscape with figures and a bridge before a waterfall,
signed and dated lower right: De Lacroix./1755.,
oil on canvas, 75 x 101.5 cm, framed
Provenance:
sale, Thierry de Maigret, 10th June 2005, lot 53;
Private collection, Bavaria
It has traditionally been assumed that Lacroix was a pupil of Claude-Joseph Vernet and that they were evidently working side by side in Rome in 1751 when Lacroix executed four copies, now at Uppark, Sussex, of four works by Vernet painted in that year, also at Uppark. Lacroix’s copies are almost indistinguishable from Vernet’s prototypes, which may help to explain why he only emerges from obscurity after his and Vernet’s paths separated in 1753, once Vernet had returned to France and left Lacroix in Rome. Lacroix spent more than another ten years there before returning to France, where he is recorded in 1776 and 1780. He died in 1782, in Berlin according to Pahin de la Blancherie.
18.10.2016 - 18:00
- Realized price: **
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EUR 18,750.-
- Estimate:
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EUR 20,000.- to EUR 30,000.-
Charles François Lacroix, called Lacroix de Marseille
(Marseilles circa 1700–1782 Berlin)
A rocky river landscape with figures and a bridge before a waterfall,
signed and dated lower right: De Lacroix./1755.,
oil on canvas, 75 x 101.5 cm, framed
Provenance:
sale, Thierry de Maigret, 10th June 2005, lot 53;
Private collection, Bavaria
It has traditionally been assumed that Lacroix was a pupil of Claude-Joseph Vernet and that they were evidently working side by side in Rome in 1751 when Lacroix executed four copies, now at Uppark, Sussex, of four works by Vernet painted in that year, also at Uppark. Lacroix’s copies are almost indistinguishable from Vernet’s prototypes, which may help to explain why he only emerges from obscurity after his and Vernet’s paths separated in 1753, once Vernet had returned to France and left Lacroix in Rome. Lacroix spent more than another ten years there before returning to France, where he is recorded in 1776 and 1780. He died in 1782, in Berlin according to Pahin de la Blancherie.
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| Auction: | Old Master Paintings |
| Auction type: | Saleroom auction |
| Date: | 18.10.2016 - 18:00 |
| Location: | Vienna | Palais Dorotheum |
| Exhibition: | 08.10. - 18.10.2016 |
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