Follower of Louis Tocque
Portrait of a Gentleman, standing three-quarter length in civic Robes, a view of a Mansion on a River beyond
oil on canvas
48¼ x 39¼in. (122.5 x 99.5cm.)
Lot Essay
The sitter has been provisionally identified from the inscriptions as the architect and author C. A. D'Aviler, whose publications included the Cours d'Architecture of 1737