Zacharie-Félix Doumet (1761-1818)

The roofs of a villa overlooking orchards and vineyards, hills in the distance; and Figures in a kitchen garden, vineyards and hills beyond

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Zacharie-Félix Doumet (1761-1818)
The roofs of a villa overlooking orchards and vineyards, hills in the distance; and Figures in a kitchen garden, vineyards and hills beyond
both signed 'Zacharie Felix Doumet', and inscribed in the lower borders '4ME VUE PRISE DU BELVEDER DE LA CAMPAGNE DE MONSIEUR REVERDIT CôTE DE TOULON' (1) and '2.EME VUE PRISE DE LA CAMPAGNE DE MR. REVERDIT. FAISANT FACE A LA RIVIèRE ET AU CHEMIN DES AMOUREUX &C'
black chalk, bodycolor in inscribed trompe-l'oeil frames
16.3/8 x 21½ in. (416 x 546 mm.)(a pair) (2)

Lot Essay

Doumet, from Toulon, specialized in marine painting. He fled Toulon for Corsica during the early years of the Revolution and stayed there for three years. Afterwards he moved to Lisbon, only returning to Toulon in 1806. Four views of Lisbon were sold at Christie's London, 26 November 1974, lot 358.

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