Description:
Attributed to Gabriel de Saint-Aubin (French, 1724-1780)
Louis XVI au sacre(At the Coronation)
Unsigned, inscribed "...aubin" in pencil on the backing paper, titled on a typed label, and with labels from Aymonier, Paris, and Jean-Paul Chapelle, Paul Perrin, Dominique Fromantin auction house, Versailles, all affixed to the frame backing.
Charcoal on laid paper, 6 5/8 x 5 3/8 in. (17.0 x 13.5 cm),framed.
Condition: Small tear to l.r. edge, creasing, trimmed and backed with a secondary paper support.
Estimate $300-500
Numbered NO 1396/ Z.R.S." in pencil on the u.l. corner of the frame backing.
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Keywords
Louis XVI, Dominique Fromantin, Jean-Paul Chapelle, Aymonier, Jean, ParisRobin S.R. Starr
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