Charles Percier (Paris 1764-1838)
Charles Percier (Paris 1764-1838)

A Roman courtyard seen from a loggia decorated with antique helmets on composite columns and a sarcophagus

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Charles Percier (Paris 1764-1838)
A Roman courtyard seen from a loggia decorated with antique helmets on composite columns and a sarcophagus
black lead, pen and grey ink, grey wash, watercolor on two attached sheets of paper, watermark D&CBlauw
18 x 14¼ in. (459 x 364 mm.)

Lot Essay

The same sarcophagus with a bacchic relief is found on a drawing by Percier of similar subject sold at Christie's, London, 2 July 1991, lot 165. That relief was in the courtyard of the Palazzo Mattei, Rome.

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