Catalogue Des Tableaux Dessins Livres Et Estampes Provenant Du Cabinet Par Pieri Benard La Vente

by Jean Jacques Francois Auction Catalogue Le Barbier Painter

$1,250 · Offered by Jonathan A. Hill Bookseller

62 pp. Small 8vo 200 x 130 mm. , late 19th-cent. sheep-backed marbled boards joints a bit rubbed , spine gilt. Paris: Perrot & Pieri-Bénard, 1826. The very rare sale catalogue describing the history painter’s art collection and library. Le Barbier 1738-1826 espoused the Neoclassical tenets of David and Vien and executed a number of pictures in a similar style. He also engaged with sculpture, tapestry, and book illustration, and consistently

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