Lot Essay
Ce portrait représente probablement Nicolas-Thomas Brémontier (1738-1809), ingénieur français qui contribua à fixer les dunes du golfe de Gascogne par des plantations adaptées.
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Portrait présumé de Nicolas-Thomas Brémontier
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ENTOURAGE DE MAURICE-QUENTIN DE LA TOUR (SAINT-QUENTIN 1704-1788)
Portrait présumé de Nicolas-Thomas Brémontier
pastel
602 x 504 mm.
Portrait présumé de Nicolas-Thomas Brémontier
pastel
602 x 504 mm.
Provenance
E. Warneck; Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 10-11 mai 1905, lot 111 (comme portrait de Brémontier).
M. Sambon; Palais Galliera, Paris, 26 mai 1972, lot 4.
Vente anonyme; Christie's, Londres, 7 avril 1981, lot 161 (comme M.-Q. de La Tour).
M. Sambon; Palais Galliera, Paris, 26 mai 1972, lot 4.
Vente anonyme; Christie's, Londres, 7 avril 1981, lot 161 (comme M.-Q. de La Tour).
Literature
A. Besnard, G. Wildenstein, La Tour, Paris, 1928, no. 43.
N. Jeffares, Dictionary of Pastellists before 1800, Londres, 2006, p. 283.
N. Jeffares, Dictionary of Pastellists before 1800, Londres, 2006, p. 283.
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