Nicolas-Charles de Silvestre (1699-1767)

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Nicolas-Charles de Silvestre (1699-1767)

Studies of Trees

red chalk
7¾ x 5¼in. (197 x 134mm.) a pair (2)

Lot Essay

A comparable drawing by Silvestre was exhibited at the Louvre, J.F. Méjanès in Acquisitions du Cabinet de Dessins, 1973-1983, Paris, 1984, no. 65, illustrated. The Louvre drawing was part of an album of 128 drawings from the Silvestre family, the majority of which are by Nicolas-Charles de Silvestre.