Jean Grandjean (1752-1781)

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Jean Grandjean (1752-1781)

The Waterfalls at Terni

black chalk, pen and brown ink, grey wash, pencil framing lines, watermark fleur-de-lys above a shield with countermark PVL
555 x 410 mm.

Provenance

with Van Huffel, Thionville/Utrecht, 1972

Exhibited

Amsterdam, 1975/6, no. 46
Utrecht, 1978, no. 49
Bremen/Braunschweig/Stuttgart, 1979/80, no. 47
Fribourg/Passau/Trier/Aachen/Nuremberg, 1982/4, no. 34
's Hertogenbosch, Noordbrabants Museum; Heino, 't Nijenhuis; Haarlem, Frans Halsmuseum, Herinneringen aan Italië, Kunst en toerisme in de 18e eeuw, 1984, p. 204, no. 150, illustrated

Lot Essay

This shows the 'Cascata della Marmore' at Terni, a well-known subject for German artists at the time in the circle of Grandjean. Daniel Dupré made an etching of the same subject. Both were pupils of Jurriaan Andriessen (see also lots 252-5)

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