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    16 April 1997

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    Lot 199

    Jean-Augustin Renard (1744-1807)

    A Capriccio with the Pyramid of Cestius

    Price realised

    GBP 632

    Estimate

    GBP 700 - GBP 1,000

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    Jean-Augustin Renard (1744-1807)
    A Capriccio with the Pyramid of Cestius
    with inscription 'TS'
    black and red chalk
    356 x 228 mm.

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    Lot Essay

    A signed drawing by Renard was sold at Christie's, New York, 10 January 1990, lot 152, illustrated, and another was exhibited at the National Gallery of Art, Washington and elsewhere, French Master Drawings from the Rouen Museum, 1981, no. 99, pl. 84.

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