French School, circa 1780

Details
French School, circa 1780

A Salon decorated with four Marine Paintings

with inscription 'Elevation Sur la Longueur Du Salon' and a scale in toises; pen and black ink, watercolor
262 x 611mm.
Provenance
F. Doisteau
Fleurville, around 1966
Literature
P. Fuhring, no. 241
Exhibited
Nijmegen and Haarlem, Wanden en Plafonds. Tekeningen uit de Verzameling Lodewijk Houthakker, 1985, no. 101

Lot Essay

A comparable design with paintings of harbour scenes from the A. Birard collection was sold at Sotheby's, 15 June 1983, lot 87. The paintings in the present drawings look to be in the style of Vernet or Lacroix de Marseilles