10 STUDIES AFTER THE ANTIQUE AND CLASSICAL ARCHITECTURAL ELEMENTS

Pierre-François-Léonard Fontaine (1762 - 1853)

Variously inscribed with titles, locations & notes, one bearing the estate stamp (L.5859, see note below)

Pen & ink with brush & wash on laid paper

10 works, Framed, each work measures approx 62.5 x 50 cm / 50 x 62.5 cm

Literature:

D. Di Castro & S.P. Fox, Disegni Dall'antico: Di Pierre-Francois-Leonard Fontaine, 1762-1855 - Architetto Di Napoleone, Florence (2007)

Provenance:

By descent from the artist to his daughter Aimé-Sophie Dupuis (b.1803) & her husband, Fontaine's pupil, the architect Louis-Symphorien Meunié (1795-1871);

An Unknown Collector of the artist's work (Lugt 5859 );

Private Collection, Italy,

With Galeria Apolloni, Rome

£15,000