A view of a town, traditionally identified as Paris

Details

Raymond Lafage (Lisle-sur-Tarn 1656-1684 Lyon)
A view of a town, traditionally identified as Paris
with inscription 'La Face' and another townscape (verso, laid down)
pen and brown ink
5 7/8 x 10½ in. (123 x 266 mm.)

Provenance

The Double-Numbering Collector, his inscriptions '160.' and 'Cento Sessanta'.
T. Hudson (L. 2432).
Purchased from Parsons, October 1912 (5s.).

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Lot Essay

Although very few landscape studies by Lafage are known, a drawing of Artists sketching ruins in Rome now in the Louvre suggests that he did occasionally turn his hand to plein-air studies (J. Arvengas, Raymond Lafage, dessinateur, Paris, 1965, fig. 39).

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