Lot n° 45
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EUR
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: 24 472EUR
William MARLOW (1740-1813).
Avignon, the... - Lot 45 - Audap & Associés
William MARLOW (1740-1813).
Avignon, the Saint-Bénézet bridge.
Canvas, signed lower left.
(Two tiny little misses at the bottom.)
Height : 37 cm. 37 cm ; Width : 54 cm.
Framed, under glass (missing frame).
While most of the English artists of the "Grand Tour" went to Italy by sea, Marlow chose the land route.
overland route. In 1765, he left Paris for Rome and crossed the valleys of the Saône and the Rhône. He lingered in Provence
in Provence and stayed near the Pont-du-Gard and in Avignon where he accumulated notes and drawings that would serve him
on his return to England. He painted several times the famous bridge immortalized by the song
and the ferry which allowed to pass on the other bank, since the flood of 1669 which had removed
several arches from the building. These views are taken from a different angle from our canvas (drawing in the Tate Britain
in London) or from the other bank, with the view of Villeneuve-Lès-Avignon (painting in the Musée
Pierre-de-Luxembourg in Villeneuve-Lès-Avignon).
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