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Jean-Antoine Constantin
1756-1844
A Shepherd Departing the Ruins of the Forum
1770s
Pen and brown ink and gray wash over black chalk on laid paper.
14 13/16 x 19 13/16 inches (376 x 503 mm)
Thaw Collection.
2017.38
Notes:
Formerly paired with a drawing now in a French Private Collection: View of Raphael's House from the Villa Medici, Pen and brown ink, and wash over graphite, 9 13/16 x 7 1/4 inches (250 x 184 mm), Signed and dated, Michallon 1818 Rome.
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Watermark: Fleur-de-lis in double circle.
Watermark: Countermark: "AMG SERAFINI FABRIANO inside scrollwork shield.
Provenance:
Sale, Claude Aguttes, Paris, lot 445; Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw, New York.
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Associated names:
Thaw, Eugene Victor, former owner.
Thaw, Clare, former owner.
Bibliography:
Thaw Catalogue Raisonné, 2017, no. 57, repr.
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