Daubenton (active late 18th Century)

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Daubenton (active late 18th Century)

A Capriccio with an Arch, Bernini's Colonnade and the Pyramid of Cestius (recto); A Tree with geometric Studies (verso)

signed 'daubenton, Architecte' (verso); black chalk, brush and grey and black ink, grey and brown wash, watermark D & C Blauw
238 x 345mm.

Provenance

with Seiferheld Gallery.

Lot Essay

A large architectural drawing by Daubenton is at the Städelschen Kunstinstitut, Frankfurt, (M. Stuffman, Französische Zeichnungen im Städelschen Kunstinstitut , exhib. cat., Frankfurt, 1987, no. 158, illustrated) and reproduced along with it is a print by Germain signed Daubenton in the Berlin Kunstbibliothek (O.S. 3560). Daubenton studied architecture with Blondel and taught at the Ecole des Ponts et Chaussées from 1775 to 1794.

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