Legeay, Jean Laurent
Collection de divers sujets de Vases, Tombeaux, Ruines, et Fontaines.
Found at
Christies,
New York
The Collection of Arthur & Charlotte Vershbow Part Three: The Baroque and Rococo Periods, Lot 588
20. Jun - 20. Jun 2013
The Collection of Arthur & Charlotte Vershbow Part Three: The Baroque and Rococo Periods, Lot 588
20. Jun - 20. Jun 2013
Estimate: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Description
LEGEAY, Jean Laurent (1710-1786).
Collection de divers sujets de Vases, Tombeaux, Ruines, et Fontaines.
the complete set of 25 etchings, 1767-68, comprising four suites of six plates each and title, good impressions, published by Mond'hare, Paris, 1770, occasional minor surface dirt, pale spotting and light staining, otherwise in good condition, in a modern half calf binding.
Plates: 7 5/8 x 6½ in. (195 x 165 mm.)
Sheets: 14¾ x 9 in. (375 x 230 mm.)
Provenance:
Acquired from Marlborough Rare Books, 1980
French architect, draughtsman and teacher, Jean Laurent Legeay (or Le Geay) studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Paris, and won the Prix de Rome in 1732. His residence in Rome (1737-42) coincided with the arrival from Venice of Giovanni Battista Piranesi in 1740, who was considerably influenced by Legeay's dramatic engravings of the monuments of Roman antiquity. Legeay worked with Piranesi and other engravers on illustrations for guide books on Rome and was an important figure in the cross-currents of influence and ideas between Piranesi and the French scholars in Rome. (see J. Harris: Le Geay, Piranesi and International Classicism in Rome, 1740-1750, Essays in the History of Architecture Presented to Rudolf Wittkower, D. Fraser, H. Hibbard and M. J. Lemire (eds.), London, 1967, pp. 189-96.
Collection de divers sujets de Vases, Tombeaux, Ruines, et Fontaines.
the complete set of 25 etchings, 1767-68, comprising four suites of six plates each and title, good impressions, published by Mond'hare, Paris, 1770, occasional minor surface dirt, pale spotting and light staining, otherwise in good condition, in a modern half calf binding.
Plates: 7 5/8 x 6½ in. (195 x 165 mm.)
Sheets: 14¾ x 9 in. (375 x 230 mm.)
Provenance:
Acquired from Marlborough Rare Books, 1980
French architect, draughtsman and teacher, Jean Laurent Legeay (or Le Geay) studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Paris, and won the Prix de Rome in 1732. His residence in Rome (1737-42) coincided with the arrival from Venice of Giovanni Battista Piranesi in 1740, who was considerably influenced by Legeay's dramatic engravings of the monuments of Roman antiquity. Legeay worked with Piranesi and other engravers on illustrations for guide books on Rome and was an important figure in the cross-currents of influence and ideas between Piranesi and the French scholars in Rome. (see J. Harris: Le Geay, Piranesi and International Classicism in Rome, 1740-1750, Essays in the History of Architecture Presented to Rudolf Wittkower, D. Fraser, H. Hibbard and M. J. Lemire (eds.), London, 1967, pp. 189-96.
Sold at the upper estimate price
The work Collection de divers sujets de Vases, Tombeaux, Ruines, et Fontaines. by Jean-Laurent Legeay was sold in the The Collection of Arthur & Charlotte Vershbow Part Three: The Baroque and Rococo Periods auction at Christies in New York in June 2013. The auction ended at the price of USD 3,500.00 (€ 2,690.24), which exactly corresponded to the upper end of the estimated price range of USD 2,500.00 – 3,500.00. Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by Jean-Laurent Legeay achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work Un Paysage Avec Une Ville En Ruine Sur Un Rocher, Un Pont Sur la Droite, Des Arbres Poussant Sur Des Rochers Au Premier Plan; Et Un Temple Avec Un Obélisque Tronqué Et Un Aqueduc Vu D'Une Caverne, Des Branches Au Premier Plan in March 2005 with an auction result of EUR 30,000.00.
Zuschlag beim oberen Schätzpreis
Die Arbeit Collection de divers sujets de Vases, Tombeaux, Ruines, et Fontaines. von Jean-Laurent Legeay wurde im Juni 2013 in der Auktion The Collection of Arthur & Charlotte Vershbow Part Three: The Baroque and Rococo Periods bei Christies in New York versteigert. Das dabei erzielte Ergebnis von USD 3.500,00 (€ 2.690,24) entsprach exakt dem oberen Ende der Schätzpreisspanne von USD 2.500,00 – 3.500,00. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von Jean-Laurent Legeay erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit Un Paysage Avec Une Ville En Ruine Sur Un Rocher, Un Pont Sur la Droite, Des Arbres Poussant Sur Des Rochers Au Premier Plan; Et Un Temple Avec Un Obélisque Tronqué Et Un Aqueduc Vu D'Une Caverne, Des Branches Au Premier Plan im März 2005 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von EUR 30.000,00.
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