Jacques-Laurent Agasse (1767-1849)

Head of a bay Horse

Details

Jacques-Laurent Agasse (1767-1849)
Head of a bay Horse
with inscription 'Je soussignée déclare que cette/tête de cheval est une/etude de peintre Agasse/Adele Topffer' (on an old label attached to the reverse)
oil on canvas
21¼ x 15in. (54 x 38.2 cm.)

Provenance

Anon. sale, Christie's Geneva, 24 April 1970, lot 20 (SFR 5,000 to the present vendor).

Lot Essay

This study, which Renée Loche has kindly dated from c.1796-98, is an exceptionally original and powerful image. Adele Topffer, the author of the inscription on the reverse, was the granddaughter of the artist Adam Topffer (1766-1847), who was a close friend of Agasse's.

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