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Fine objects from private and institutional collections, including property deaccessioned by the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, Williamsburg, Virginia to benefit the Collections Acquisitions Fund. Five-piece bedroom suite signed François Linke, a fine collection of Old Master drawings including Hubert Robert, Servandoni, Chaix, Amand, a follower of Redouté, twelve botanical watercolors by Alexandre Descubes, fine art by or attributed to Pierre Mignard, Tobias Stranover, Jules Breton, and Julius Paulsen, as well as fine British and Continental silver.
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Lot 90

Attributed to Hubert Robert

Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000
Starting Bid
$1,000

Bid Increments

Price Bid Increment
$0 $25
$100 $50
$1,000 $100
$2,000 $200
$3,000 $250
$5,000 $500
$10,000 $1,000
$20,000 $2,000
$50,000 $5,000
$100,000 $10,000

(French, 1733-1808)

Tombeau de Caecilia Metella, unsigned, dark red crayon with underlying grid on cream laid paper with watermark, 11-1/4 x 15-5/8 in.; gilt wood frame, 16-3/8 x 20-1/2 x 1-1/8 in.

Provenance: Collection of Charles Sterling, Curator of Paintings at the Louvre; by descent to Catherine Sterling, Gallerie Estranger, St. Remy de Provence, France, purchased circa 1990s (her label verso as Tombeau de Caecilia Metella,); Private Georgia Collection

Condition

hinged at one point at top; frame with wear commensurate with age

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Collection of Charles Sterling, Curator of Paintings at the Louvre; by descent to Catherine Sterling, Gallerie Estranger, St. Remy de Provence, France, purchased circa 1990s (her label verso as Tombeau de Caecilia Metella,); Private Georgia Collection