Anonymous French or Italian, c. 1800
Gallant scenes in a palace garden

Gallant scenes in a palace garden
Pencil and sanguine on paper. The reverse shows two stamps with blue frames, pasted on the paper; one of them has a cross in black ink; the other, "12" written in pencil, in circa 1900 handwriting.

Composition for an unidentified sketch or painting. Several groups of figures stand in a garden next to decorative architectural elements, against the backdrop of a leafy forest. In the centre of the composition and in the background, the façade of a palace can be glimpsed. Pencil is used to fit in the architectural elements and certain parts of the forest. Paper without watermark.

Provenance: Marqués de Casa Torres Collection, Madrid.

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26.8 x 22 ס"מ