J.P. Lebelle (fl.1780-1815)

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J.P. Lebelle (fl.1780-1815)
The Interior of an Artist's Studio
signed and dated 'J.P. Lebelle 1807'; watercolour and bodycolour on glass
3.5/8 x 5in. (93 x 128mm.)
Provenance
Aix en Provence; Hôtel des Ventes, 24 July 1934 (sold to Comte Jacques de Lestang-Parade).

Lot Essay

A typed label attached to the backboard reads 'Le Peintre GROS dans son atelier presentant ses oeuvres/aux Dames de LESTANG-PARADE. Sur le chevalet le portrait d'un membre de la famille de LESTANG-PARADE. (Probablement Alexan/dre).'

Although few biographical details are known about Lebelle, it is known that he worked in Paris at the end of the 18th Century. He specialised mainly in painting views of Paris using the 'Fixé sous verre' technique.

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