David Pierre Giottino Humbert de Superville (1770-1849)

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David Pierre Giottino Humbert de Superville (1770-1849)

A male seated Nude, a Cat lying nearby

signed 'D p.g. H.de S. ad viv.'; pen and brown and grey ink, pencil framing lines
175 x 123 mm.; a drawing after Andrea del Sarto by the same hand; and a drawing of a seated male nude, attributed to Isaac de Wit (3)

Lot Essay

(1-2) The artist became a member of 'Pictura' in The Hague at the early age of eleven. Leaving for Rome in 1789 he soon met the collector William Young Ottley, with whom he travelled for some time. Back in Holland, he late became the Director of the Prentenkabinet, Leiden.
Further information on the artist is given in C.M. de Haas, David Pierre Giottino Humbert de Superville, Leiden, 1941

(2) See illustration on p.

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