CHARLES-FRANÇOIS GRENIER DE LACROIX, called LACROIX DE MARSEILLE (Marseille c.1700-1782 Berlin)
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CHARLES-FRANÇOIS GRENIER DE LACROIX, called LACROIX DE MARSEILLE (Marseille c.1700-1782 Berlin)

A Mediterranean port scene with fisherfolk and other figures

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CHARLES-FRANÇOIS GRENIER DE LACROIX, called LACROIX DE MARSEILLE (Marseille c.1700-1782 Berlin)
A Mediterranean port scene with fisherfolk and other figures
signed with a crucifix and dated 'De La+/1765' (center right, on the rock)
oil on canvas
8¼ x 13¼ in. (21 x 33.5 cm.)
bears an 18th-century inscription on the original stretcher 'Marine par Lacroix -- Original signé et daté 1765'

Lot Essay

It was commonplace for Lacroix to sign his smaller canvases with his last name abbrieviated into the form of a crucifix, as in the present work. The same fortress and seated fisherman can be found in numerous harbor scenes painted by Lacroix when he was in Rome.

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