Jean-Baptiste Leprince

Lot Description Jean-Baptiste Le Prince (Metz 1734-1781 Saint-Denis-du-Port) A lady seated at a table pencil, black and red chalk, black ink framing lines 9 1/8 x 8¼ in. (23.1 x 20.9 cm) Lot Condition Report I confirm that I have read this Important Notice and agree to its terms. View Condition Report Provenance Crocker Collection, California, according to a label on the verso. Pre-Lot Text Property from the collection of Charles and Nonie de Limur, San Francisco

Description Jean-Baptiste LePrince, French, 1734-1781, 'Les Danseurs Russes', Pen and wash drawing, matted and framed. Back bears a gallery label for P& D Colnaghi & Co, London. (ROLO922) Provenance: Purchased from Wildenstein & Co., London Property from the Estate of Helen Rolo, New York City 8 1/2" H x 12 1/2" W (sight); framed 18 1/2" H x 21 3/4" W Not examined out of frame. Minor foxing throughout.

Jean-Baptiste Le Prince (Metz 1734-1781 Saint-Denis-du-Port) Two Russian genre scenes: The Russian dance; and Young women and children at play the first signed and dated 'LePrince 1769' (lower right) and the second signed 'LePrince' (lower left) black chalk, pen and black ink, grey wash, en grisaille 11 3/8 x 9¼ in. (29 x 23.7 cm.); 11 3/8 x 9 in. (29 x 22.8 cm.) a pair (2)

Jean-Baptiste Leprince (Metz 1734-1781Saint-Denis-du-Port) An elegant interior with a Turkish gentlemancourting a Russian lady indistinctly signed and dated 'J B * Princ*/17*4' (on trunk, lowerleft) oil on canvas 60.5 x 82cm (23 13/16 x 325/16in). Footnote: Leprince arrived in Saint Petersburg in 1757, where he receivedmore than forty commissions to paint overdoors in the Winter Palacefor the Empress Elizabeth. He is said to have travelled widely inRussia, according to some as far as Siberia. The drawings he madethere provided the basis for a considerable body of work that addedto the general taste of the 18th century for exotica andspecifically russeries .

LOT 638 JEAN-BAPTISTE LEPRINCE METZ 1734 - 1781 SAINT-DENIS-DU-PORT RIVER SCENE WITH A BOAT HAULING IN SAILS, FIGURES RESTING ON THEBANK Pen and black ink and brown and gray wash over indications inblack chalk; signed, lower right: Le Prince del 5,000—7,000 USD measurements measurements note 214 by 204 mm; 8 3/8 by 8 in Description Pen and black ink and brown and gray wash over indications inblack chalk;signed, lower right: Le Prince del