Alexandre MILLIN DUPERREUX (1764–1843) - Lot 69

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Alexandre MILLIN DUPERREUX (1764–1843) - Lot 69
Alexandre MILLIN DUPERREUX (1764–1843) Waterfall at Tramezaïgues Walnut panel, single plank, unparqueted, with a burl finish. Signed and dated lower right: "DuPerreux / 1803". On the reverse of the panel is an exhibition label from the Lefranc & Engrand gallery; an old, illegible label bearing the inscription "… Tramesaigues"; and a Tajan auction label. Height: 21.3 cm; Width: 25.9 cm Provenance: - Auction in Paris, Hôtel Drouot, Tajan auction house, October 25, 2013, lot no. 179. Exhibitions: - “The French Landscape: Its Precursors,” Paris, Lefranc & Engrand Gallery, 13 rue de l’Abbaye, January 1940, no. 17; - Landscape Paintings from the Revolution to the Second Empire, Jacques Fischer–Chantal Kiener Gallery, December 1995, no. 5. Alexandre Millin Duperreux trained under Jean-François Hue and Pierre-Henri de Valenciennes. On the advice of the latter, he set out to paint the mountains, forests, and landscapes of the Pyrenees. He began exhibiting views of the Pyrenees as early as the 1801 Salon. Dated 1803, this work depicts a waterfall near Tramezaygues (or Tramezaïgues) in the Hautes-Pyrénées. Expert: Stéphane PINTA | TURQUIN Firm
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