View of the ruins of Palmyra

Name: LOUIS-FRANÇOIS CASSAS (AZAY-LE-FERRON 1756-1827 VERSAILLES)
Brand: View of the ruins of Palmyra
Price: 16000.00 USD
Availability: SoldOut

Price Realised USD 20,160

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USD 4,000 - USD 6,000

Closed: 27 Mar 2024

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LOUIS-FRANÇOIS CASSAS (AZAY-LE-FERRON 1756-1827 VERSAILLES)

View of the ruins of Palmyra

Price Realised USD 20,160

Closed: 27 Mar 2024

Price Realised USD 20,160

Closed: 27 Mar 2024

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LOUIS-FRANÇOIS CASSAS (AZAY-LE-FERRON 1756-1827 VERSAILLES)
View of the ruins of Palmyra
black chalk, pen and black ink, watercolor
21¹⁄₂ x 31 in. (55 x 78.8 cm)

Anonymous sale; Christie's, Paris, 8 October 2002, lot 18.

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Lot Essay

During his stay in Palmyra, Cassas made numerous drawings of the monumental ruins (see , exhib. cat., Köln, Wallraf-Richartz Museum, Tours, musée des Beaux-Arts, 1994-1995, no. 88, ill. for another view of Palmyra similar to the present one). The view depicts the vast field of ruins which struck all travelers arriving on the site: drums of columns, elements of entablature, capitals, evoking the chaos, destruction and precariousness of the ancient architecture.