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101. Jan Vredeman de Vries (Dutch, 1527-1604), 20 engravings from Perspective, c. 1561, the separately published work by Hieronymus Cock (Flemish, 1510-1570), most signed, with hand and star watermark, sheets 11 1/4 in. x 7 3/4 in., bound together with 11 engravings of ornaments Cornelius Floris de Vriendt (Flemish, 1514-1575), c. 1560, some with monogram "I. F.", with a variation of the hand and flower watermark, same sheet sizes, in full leather boards with gilt tooling. $700/1000
Provenance: Purchased in Madrid, 1950, with the library stamp of "Marcos y Francisco Vinals, Madrid".
Reference: The Getty Museum, Digital Archive.

102. [Architecture and Ornament Books], four including: Ernst Plassmann, A Collection of Modern Gothic Ornaments..., 1875, New York, loose portfolio (17 3/4 in. x 14 in.), index, 33 plates, incl. frontispiece; Edward Adams, Architect, The Polychromatic Ornament of Italy, c. 1846, Nickisson, London & Wiley Putnam, NY; octavo (12 in. x 9 3/4 in.), loose, lacking board, 16 pgs. text, 11 chromolithographs (one dble. pg.); George Woodward & Edward Thompson, Architects, Woodward's National Architect, (1869) New York, rebound, with 100 lithographic plates; and E.S. Child, Colonial Houses for Modern Homes, c. 1900, New York, loose, lacking boards, with 30 plates showing renderings of houses, floor plans and prices, 19 3/4 in. x 14 in. $500/700

103. [Architecture Books], Andrea Palladio, Il Quarto Libro dell'Architettura, 1570, quarto (11 3/ 8 in. x 8 in.), titlepage, only pages 11-114, no boards; together with 40 plates from Justus Danckers, Architectura Chivilis..., c. 1650, same plate size, loose in modern boards. $300/500

104. Hector d'Espouy, four volumes including Fragments d'Architecture Antique d'apres les Releves & Restaurations..., c. 1905, Charles Schmid, Paris, Part I & II, folio (18 in. x 12 1/2 in.), loose as issued in red boards with ties, 200 heliogravures; also with Fragments d'Architecture..., 1905, Volume II, Schmid, 3/4 leather, 100 heliogravures; and also with Fragments...Moyen Age et de la Renaissance..., 1925, 80 plates. $600/900

105. Antoine Mongez, Tableaux, Statues, Bas-Reliefs, et Camees de la Galerie de Florence et du Palais Pitti, Dessines par Wicar, Peintre..., 1819, 3 vols. (of 4), folio (21 1/2 in. x 14 in.), with over 180 engravings. Note: Worn bindings. $500/700

106. [English Architecture Books], three books including; John Rutter Delineations of Fonthill & Its Abbey, 1823, printed by Knight, London, first edition, folio (14 in. x 11 1/2 in.), with 28 plates (3 hand-colored, including title page), with fold-out map (26 in. x 20 in.), 1/4 leather; Alexander Pugin A Series of Ornamental Timber Gables..., 1831, published by the author, London, cloth (12 in. x 9 1/4 in.) and John Britton The Fine Arts of the English School..., 1812, boards lacking, 13 in. x 11 in. $500/700

107. [Antique Drawing and Perspective Books], three titles including: Jean Cousin, L'Art du Dessin..., c. 1780, Le Clere, Paris, folio (15 1/2 in. x 10 in.), titlepage, 12 pgs. text, 24 plates, paper wraps; Richard Brown, The Principles of Practical Perspective..., 1835, second edition, Leigh & Son, London, quarto (12 1/2 in. x 9 1/2 in.), 3/4 leather, with 50 plates: and J.G. Chapman, N.A., The American Drawing-Book..., 1847, Redfield, NY, quarto (11 1/2 in. x 9 in.), cloth, 112 pgs. $500/700

108. [French Decorative Arts & Architecture], five folios including Henri Clouzot, La Ferronnerie Moderne, c. 1930, 3rd. series, by Moreau, Paris, folio (17 3/4 in. x 12 3/4 in.), with 29 (of 32), loose heliogravures of the work of Brandt, Prouve, Subes, Kiss and others; Georges Remon, Soixante Planches de Peinture Decorative, c. 1900, Paris, loose folio (20 1/2 in. x 14 in.), with 33 (of 60) colored lithographs; Le Mobilier National, Bois de Sieges, Vol. II, c. 1900, loose portfolio (17 3/4 in. x 12 3/4 in.), text, with 36 illustrations of furniture; Croquis d'Architecture, Intime Club, bound periodical for the "4th Year", May 1869-April 1870, 21 1/4 in. x 14 in.; and La Construction Moderne en Italie, Recueil de Facades de Style Moderne Edifiees a Milan, c. 1890, pub. by Charles Schmid, Paris, loose portfolio (17 in. x 13 in.), with 60 photographic illustrated plates of buildings in Milan. $500/700

109. Thomas Fuller, The Church History of Britain; from the Birth of Jesus Christ, Until the Year MDCXLVIII, 1655, printed for John Williams at the sign of the Crown in St. Paul's Church-yard, London, folio (13 1/4 in. x 9 in.), bound by Hayday in full calf, with gilt tooling and raised bands, with copper-plate engraved plates including coat-of-arms, Lichfieldensis Cathedral and folding plate of a bird's-eye-view of Canterbury. $500/700

110. [Belgian Trade Catalogue-Ornamental Iron Work], Album Batiments, Fonderie d'Ornements de J. G. Requile et Fils, c. 1870, Liege, octavo (10 1/2 in. x 8 in.), loose cloth boards, with 160 plates of balconies, staircases, garden furniture, vases, lamps, columns, etc. $400/600

111. [French Turning and Lathe Prints], Tourneur et Tour a Figure, c. 1790, Diderot, Paris, folio (14 1/2 in. x 10 in.), 1/4 leather and paper boards, no title, 19 pgs. index, with 87 engravings of iron and woodworking lathes and tools. $500/700

112. An Antique Italian Carrara Marble of "Augustus of Prima Porta", after the marble figure excavated in Rome in 1863, now in the Vatican Museums, height 25 1/2 in., width 23 in., depth 12 in. $3000/5000
Reference: Haskell and Penny, Taste and the Antique, pp. 118 and 124.

113. A Patinated Bronze Figure of "Narcissus", probably late 19th c., after Vincenzo Gemito (Italian, 1852-1929), the Hellenistic original discovered in Pompeii in 1862 and preserved in the Museo Nazionale, Naples since that date, height 24 1/2 in., width 10 1/2 in., depth 9 in. $800/1200

114. A Good Bronze Group of a Seated Female Figure and a Putto, labeled "Poesie Elegiaque", a fallen capital initialed "D.C.", otherwise unsigned, height 12 3/4 in., length 11 3/4 in. $1200/1800

115. An Antique Italian Marble Bust of a Woman in Nineteenth Century Garb, wearing a starred diadem, scarf and ermine stole, height 17 1/8 in. $500/750

116. A Large Bronze Figure of a Classical Maiden, beside a column altar with doves, cast signature of Jean-Louis Grégoire (1840-1890), inscribed "Airain (Bronze) 60f." height 19 in. $1200/1800

117. An Attractive Neoclassical-Style Carved and Gilded Turquoise-Blue Salon Mirror, bronze rosette mounts, height 95 1/2 in., width 49 1/2 in., depth 3 in. $1500/2500

118. A Large Napoleon III Gilt Bronze and White Marble Mantel Clock, mid-19th c., marked "A HOBLIN PARIS" and with foundry stamp; finely cast figures of Psyche and Amore flank the domical case, stepped rectangular plinth mounted with opposing swans and foliate drapery, the whole on dolphin feet, height 25 in., width 18 in., depth 6 in. $2500/3500

119. A Suite of Four Louis XVI-Style Gilt Bronze Sconces, each beribboned back with five trumpet arms; electrified, later circular wall plates, height 26 1/2 in., width 15 1/2 in., depth 9 in. $2000/3000

120. An Italian Crème Peinte and Faux Marbre Console Table, late 18th c., appears to retain the original striated aquamarine top; gilded carved frieze and tapering legs, height 35 1/2 in., width 51 1/2 in., depth 25 1/2 in. $4000/6000

121. A Good Pair of Italian Neoclassical Painted and Carved Benches, early 19th c., rectangular, gilt and verte frieze, on tapering fluted legs, height 18 in., width 20 1/2 in., depth 16 1/2 in. $1200/1800

122. A Continental Walnut and Marquetry Fauteuil, c. 1830, incurvate crest above vasiform splat, saber front legs, height 36 in., width 20 1/2 in., depth 18 in. $700/1000

123. An Italian Carved Walnut Credenza in the Neoclassical Style, probably 18th/19th c., rectangular top, frieze with two drawers, cupboard doors below flanked by caryatid busts and stop-fluted columns, molded plinth base, paw feet, height 46 1/2 in., width 74 in., depth 27 in. $3000/5000

124. A Charles X Bronze-Mounted Mahogany and Specimen Marble Center Table, circular top, columnar support, incurvate triangular base, casters, height 30 in., diameter 35 in. $1800/2500

125. An Antique French Provinçial Fruitwood Armoire, later cornice above a carved frieze, a pair of scalloped paneled doors below, later shelf interior, fluted medial stile, fiche hinges, carved base, stepped block feet, height 81 in., width 58 in., depth 26 in. $1000/1500

126. An Empire Carved Mahogany Bergère, early 19th c., shaped rectangular back, sphinx head arm terminals, rounded seat rail, cabriole legs, paw feet. $1000/1500

127. An Irish Georgian Sterling Silver Hot Water Urn, maker JL, probably John Lloyd, Dublin, late 18th c., vasiform, domed cover with pineapple finial and engraved crest, elongated loop handles, shamrock banding, spout with fan handle, height 14 in., weight 34 troy ozs. $2500/3500

128. A Pair of Regency Sterling Silver Toast Racks, William Burwash & Richard Sibley, London, 1810, mark ent. 1805, each with shell decorated oval openwork handle with arched frame, gadrooned base with engraved armorial, on scroll paw feet, height 6 in., length 7 1/2 in., weight 31.85 troy ozs. $1800/2500

129. A Set of Four Sheffield Plate Telescopic Candlesticks, early 19th c., marked and numbered inside candlecup, gadrooned borders, height 6 5/8 in. $400/600

130. A Handsome Pair of Christofle Silverplate Covered Vegetable Tureens in the Régence Taste, 20th c., each cover with floriform finial, lobed body with foliate scroll handles, removable liner, height 6 1/4 in., width 11 1/2 in. $700/1000

131. A Tiffany "English King" Pattern Sterling Silver Punch Ladle, pat. 1885, length 11 in.; together with a Gorham "Queen's" pattern sterling silver salad serving fork and spoon, pattern c. 1870, length 8 3/4 in.; combined weight 15.45 troy ozs. $400/600
Provenance: A Natchez, MS Estate.

132. A Pair of Antique English Silverplate Entree Dishes, marked "Joseph Rodgers and Sons, Sheffield, EP", and with firm trademarks, wc. 1860-1970, retains original removable openwork handles, with elaborate shell and foliate borders, height 7 in., length 12 in. $600/900
Reference: Matheau-Raen, The Identification and Dating of Sheffield Electroplated Wares, 1843-1943, pp. 168-169.

133. Withdrawn

134. A Pair of Regency Sheffield Plate Wine Coasters, 19th c., reeded bodies with gadrooned rim, original turned hardwood bottoms, height 1 1/2 in., diameter 5 1/2 in. $250/350

135. A Georgian Tôle Peinte Oval Tray, late 18th c., gallery with handles, reserve depicting pastoral scene beside the sea, height 30 in., width 22 1/2 in., depth 1 1/2 in. $700/1000

136. An Empire Verdigris Tôle Peinte and Gilt Bronze Carcel Lamp, early 19th c., labeled "N 13478/ PAR BREVET D INVENTION LAMP...S HYDROSTATEIQUES / DE THILORIER & SERRUROT / RUE DU BOULOY No. 4", period cut and etched blown glass globe, electrified, overall height 26 3/4 in. $600/800

137. A Pair of Empire Gilt and Patinated Bronze Two-Light Candelabra, c. 1800, each in the form of a Classical figure holding aloft twin branches, on white marble stepped base with fine moldings, height 21 in., width 7 in. $1000/1500

138. An Antique Continental Carrara Marble Figure of "The Spinario (Boy Removing a Thorn from its Foot)", early 20th c., reduced replica after the Roman bronze figure in the Capitoline Museum, Rome, recorded as at the Lateran Palace from c. 1165, unmarked, height 24 in., width 15 in., depth 16 in. $2000/3000
Reference: Haskell and Penny, Taste and the Antique, New Haven and London, 1988, pp. 308-310.

139. A Continental Parcel Gilt, Carved and Inlaid Walnut Console Table, late 18th c., serpentine top, conforming frieze, cabriole legs, height 33 1/2 in., width 52 1/2 in., depth 24 1/2 in. Note: Retains original paint and parcel gilt. $4000/6000

140. A Pair of Egyptian Revival Travertine Sphinxes, height 14 in., width 29 in., depth 10 1/2 in. $2500/3500

141. A Fine Baltic Neoclassical Gilt Bronze and Cut Crystal Eight-Light Chandelier, c. 1800, bowknot corona, star-form gallery supporting candle arms ending in warrior masques, now electrified, height 36 in., diameter 40 in. $8000/12000
Provenance: Property of an Alabama Collector; Christie's, Nov. 28, 2008, lot 137.

142. A Fine Antique Louis XVI-Style Gilt Bronze Twenty-Light Chandelier, urn-form standard mounted with floral swags and chains, the circlet with lion's head masques, scrolled candlearms decorated with fluting, acanthus and fishscale, height 47 in., diameter 36 in. $6000/8000

143. A Continental Stained and Gilt Decorated Ivory Figural Group of the Madonna and Child, 19th c. or earlier, carved along the natural curve of the tusk, the Virgin modeled standing, wearing voluminous robes carrying the Christ child in her arms; the Christ child rendered in the pose of Salvator Mundi (Savior of the World) with his right hand raised in blessing and his left holding an orb (lacking cross), symbolic of Earth, height 16 in. $3000/5000
Provenance: Historic Veritas House, New Orleans, LA; sold for the Benefit of the Dominican Sisters of Peace.

144. A Fine French Bronze "Bust of Antinous as an Egyptian Deity", after Victor Paillard (France, 1805-1886), bronze signed, foundry mark on right shoulder truncation, height 16 1/4 in. $4000/6000

145. A Monumental Royal Vienna Polychrome Porcelain Charger, depicting Christ with the crown of thorns, signed "H. Stadler", marked with beehive, within a bleu royale and gilded border, diameter 24 in. $6000/8000

146. A Meissen Polychrome Porcelain Figural Group of a Couple Cradling a Baby, late 19th c., underglaze blue crossed swords mark, colorfully costumed in the Rococo taste, seated on a Louis XVI bench, on an oval base, height 9 1/2 in., width 6 in., length 7 in. $800/1200

147. A Meissen Polychrome Porcelain Figural Group of a Game of Cards, early 20th c., underglaze blue marks, seated at a triangular table on a floral-strewn base, in elaborate Rococo costume, height 5 1/2 in., length 8 in. $400/600

148. A Monumental German Polychrome and Gilt Porcelain Figural Group of a Musical Family in the 18th-Century Style, c. 1920, underglaze blue mark of Oldest Volkstedt Porcelain Factory, Thuringia, Germany, finely modeled in the Meissen taste, depicting two couples and three children gathered around a piano and harp, all in elaborate floral and lace-embellished costume, with furniture, carpet, and strewn flowers on a Rococo base, height 13 in., width 15 in., length 21 in. $1000/1500

149. A Monumental German Gilt Porcelain Figural Group of Three Musicians in 18th-Century Costume, c. 1920, underglaze blue mark of Oldest Volkstedt Porcelain Factory, Thuringia, Germany, finely modeled in the Meissen style with female pianist, gentleman cellist, and standing flautist, decorated with elaborate floral designs, lace details, and Rococo elements, height 14 in., width 12 in., length 17 1/2 in. $1000/1500

150. A KPM Porcelain Portrait Plaque of "Ruth", late 19th/early 20th c., original paper retailer's label, 9 in. x 6 1/2 in., in a carved gilt and gessoed frame. $2000/3000

151. Two German Polychrome Porcelain Figural Groups of "Courting Couples", early 20th c., in colorful floral, Rococo-style attire on oval rustic bases, bearing blue Meissen-type marks, height 8 in., width 6 in., length 8 in. $500/700

152. Two Continental Polychrome Porcelain Figures of a Lady with Garlands and a Man Holding a Rose, late 19th c., unidentified mark, possibly Samson, in elaborate Rococo-style attire richly embellished with floral designs and gilt highlights, height 22 in., diameter 7 in. $500/700

153. An Antique Meissen Gilt and Polychrome Porcelain Teapot, underglaze blue crossed swords mark, cornflower banded lid with floral finial, beribboned and floral spray decoration overall, height 4 3/4 in., width 7 5/8 in. $300/500

154. A Meissen Gilt and Polychrome Porcelain Platter, 19th c., underglaze blue crossed swords mark, impressed marks, old accession number, scalloped gilt rim, finely painted with floral sprays, diameter 15 in. $400/600

155. Withdrawn

156. A Paris Porcelain Apple Green and Gilt Partial Dinner Service, 19th c., consisting of four graduated platters, circular and oblong lidded tureens, lidded sauce tureen with undertray, sauce boat with undertray, reticulated corbeille, compote, two shaped dishes, 12 dinner plates, 10 salad plates, 8 bread plates, 5 soup plates, (approx. 45 pcs.) $1000/1500

157. A Pair of Paris Porcelain Gilt and Polychrome Campagna Urns, early 19th c., flared rim, reserved with Italianate landscapes, masque handles, now mounted as lamps, vase height 12 1/2 in., diameter 9 in., presented on fluted wood bases. $700/900

158. Raphael Leon Leguilloux (French, 1871-1938), "Portrait of a Reclining Lady with Guitar", 1900, oil on canvas, signed and dated lower right, oil sketch of a lady en verso, 22 1/2 in. x 30 1/2 in., period frame. $1200/1800

159. Continental School, 18th/early 19th c., "A Noble Couple Offering Alms in a Religious Procession with Banner and Supplicants", watercolor on paper, unsigned, 5 3/8 in. x 6 3/4 in. matted and framed. $300/500

160. Continental School, 19th c., "Madonna and Child", after Raphael Sanzio, oil on panel, unsigned, 29 1/2 in. x 29 1/2 in., antique giltwood frame. $2000/3000

161. Josef Israels (Dutch, 1824-1911), "Playtime", watercolor and pencil on paper, signed lower right, label en verso from M. Knoedler & Co., New York, 9 in. x 11 3/4 in., matted and framed. $1000/1500

162. Ferdinand Victor Leon Roybet (French, 1840-1920), "Cavalier Drawing His Sword", oil on panel, signed lower left, 15 in. x 10 in., period frame. $2500/3500

163. A Fine Pair of French Polychrome Porcelain Jardinières, 19th c., probably Samson, in the Imari taste, applied handles, footed, height 8 in., diameter 10 1/2 in. $1000/1500

164. A Pair of Empire Gilt Bronze Wall Sconces, early 19th c., each torch and wreath appliqué with ring supporting two candle cups, pineapple pendants, height 12 in., width 5 3/4 in., depth 4 1/8 in. $600/900

165. A French Empire Gilt Bronze Three-Light Figural Candelabrum, c. 1800, standard in the form of a putto surmounted by three foliate scrolled arms ending in candle cups, centered by a finial, linked by chains, fluted marble base, height 23 3/8 in. $500/750

166. A Pair of French Renaissance-Style Patinated Bronze Figural Chenets, 19th c., each winged cherub atop dolphin feet, height 27 1/2 in. $1500/2500

167. A Fine French Gilt Bronze and Glass Table Garniture, mid-19th c., stamped "H. Picard" for Henri Picard (wc. Paris, 1837-1864), consisting of a central tazza and four compotes, scrolled foliate bases, center tazza height 12 7/8 in. $400/600

168. A Fine Antique Neoclassical-Style Rouge Marble and Gilt Bronze Pedestal, square top above Corinthian capital, tapered body plinth base, height 54 1/2 in., width 13 in., depth 13 in. $2500/3500

169. A Fine Beaux Arts Gilt Bronze Twenty-Light Gasolier, c. 1880, cartouche-form corona, the standard with fluted and pierced spheres, shepherd's crook supports, with acanthus and rosettes, height 47 in., diameter 43 in. $7000/10000

170. A Fine Pair of Green and White Marble Jardinières, in the 18th c. style, fluted bodies and flared circular rims; the tall paneled bases en suite, height 53 in., width 20 in., depth 20 in. $5000/7000

171. An Antique Louis XVI-Style Carved, Painted and Gilded Salon Mirror, height 88 1/2 in., width 62 in., depth 2 1/2 in. $4000/6000

172. A Very Fine French Breccia Marble and Gilt Bronze-Mounted Urn, 19th c., foliate collar, mermaid handles, socle base, now mounted as a lamp, height 22 1/2 in., diameter 11 1/2 in. $2500/4500

173. A Pair of Napoleon III Patinated and Gilt Bronze Figural Three-Light Candelabra, mid-19th c., the opposing putti holding lily-branch candlearms, on fluted rouge marble plinths with foliate border, now fitted for electricity, height 37 in., width 17 in., depth 8 in. $2500/3500

174. A Pair of French Patinated Metal Torchères in the Louis XVI Taste, probably early 20th c., the opposing courtiers holding urns issuing five-light candelabra, on well-cast bases of Renaissance inspiration, height 85 1/2 in., width 31 in., depth 29 in. $9000/12000

175. A Malachite and Bronze-Mounted Box, foliate handle, bracket feet, height 7 in., width 14 1/2 in., depth 10 1/2 in. $1200/1800

176. A Decorative Gilt and Paint-Decorated Blackamoor Candelabrum, composition on a rococo-style gilt base, height 70 in. width 13 1/2 in., depth 10 in. $500/750
Provenance: Nick McKinney.

177. A Russian Orthodox Icon of an Archangel Flanked by St. Anne and a Deacon Saint, with Christ Pantocrator in Glory Above, 19th c., tempera and gold paint on wood panel, lengthy incised inscription in Cyrillic en verso, 12 1/4 in. x 9 3/4 in. $600/900

178. A Gilt and Argenté Monstrance, late 19th c., the lunula amid sunbursts surmounted by a cross, standard atop plinth mounted with the Lamb opening the Book with Seven Seals, scrolled feet, height 18 1/2 in., width 10 1/2 in., depth 4 in. $700/900

179. A Pair of Italian Carved and Painted Putto Candlesticks, each opposing figure holding a trumpet and kneeling on scroll base, height 10 3/4 in., width 5 3/4 in., depth 4 1/4 in. $500/750

180. A Gilt Decorated Black Lacquered Chinoiserie Document Box, on brass stand, height 21 3/8 in., width 21 in., depth 15 1/2 in. Note: Old solder repairs to base, lid detached. $400/600
Provenance: Manheim Galleries, New Orleans, 1979.

181. A Good Napoleon III Gilt and Patinated Bronze Figural Mantel Clock, dial and movement marked "Raingo Frès/ Paris", the classically draped maiden on a rocaille and foliate case, the elaborate base cast with gadrooned border, ribbons and garlands, on scroll feet, height 18 in., width 27 in., depth 8 1/2 in. $1200/1800

182. Alfred-Émile-Léopold Stevens (Belgian, active in France, 1823-1906), "Academy Study of a Male Nude", May 11, 1844, graphite on white paper, signed and dated lower right, 23 5/8 in. x 15 in., float-mounted on an original French mat board inscribed by the artist at lower right D'aprés Nature atelier [Camille] Roqueplan 1844/AS [in monogram]. $800/1200
Note: It is a truism that in the case of nudes drawn at life classes in studios or at academic institutions, an artist's mature style is often insufficiently emphasized (in favor of the generic manner endemic to such exercises). The pose of this heavily bearded figure seems to have left a permanent impression on Stevens - who in 1844 was only twenty-one years old. The attitude of this studio model (shown with his posing stick, a step support, and a hint of an isolating sheet set up behind him) is virtually identical with Stevens' fine full-length ink portrait drawing of Madame Eugène Montrosier, inscribed and dated at Paris in 1878: the only substantive difference between them is that Mme. Montrosier's right hand is brought up to her chest, to hold a muff. Such a congruence of pose, stretching across more than thirty years, is certainly unusual, and testifies to Stevens' intense concentration in the rendering of this sheet.
References: Jean-Luc Baroni and Stephen Ongpin, An Exhibition of Master Drawings, London and New York, Colnaghi's, 1998, no. and pl. 47; Bernadette Thomas, "Alfred-Émile Léopold Stevens," Grove Dictionary of Art, Jane Turner, ed., 34 vols., London, 1996, vol. 29, p. 645.

183. Gabriel-Pierre-Martin Dumont (French, 1720-1791), "Section Drawing of a Church Project, to be Built on a Greek-Cross Plan " c. 1750s/1760s, ink, gray and light rose washes, on cream-colored laid paper, unsigned, 12 1/4 x 18 3/4 in., fixed to a mount of similar paper, 15 1/2 x 21 in., both without watermarks $400/600
Provenance: James R. Lamantia Jr., New Orleans and New York.
Note: This extremely fine drawing is clearly preparatory to an engraving intended to be published, perhaps in Dumont's famous Recueil de Plusieurs Parties d'Architecture, probably in the penultimate section, devoted to "Les Églises" (1761/1767). A few of the prints included in that part of his celebrated compendium have dates as early as 1751 and 1752, so that this exceptional sheet might have been drawn as early as mid-century. It shows—above and inside its uniform Tuscan order—an altogether original and exciting vaulting system, in which the barrel-vaults over the arms of the Greek cross, the central hemispherical dome (capped by a steeper pointed shell as a protection against the weather), and the great half-dome over the apse, are all isolated behind immensely high perimeter walls, articulated on the exterior with Tuscan pilasters, a full cornice, and attic (with a semicircular pediment over the façade). A Parisian, Dumont won the Prix de Rome and from 1742 to 1746 worked at the Académie de France there, being elected in the latter year to the Accademia di San Luca (as well as to the academies in Florence and Bologna). He returned to Rome in 1750 with his lifelong friend (and the famous architect of "le Panthéon" or Ste-Geneviève in Paris), Jacques-Germain Soufflot (1713-1780); the two made a pioneering visit to the Greek temples at Paestum near Naples, which Soufflot published with many of Dumont's plates in 1764 (and of which the latter issued his own series in 1769). Such detailed, accurate, and highly finished images as this design set the standard for instruction—for example by Jacques-François Blondel (1705-1774), who used the three volumes of the Recueil in his courses—at the Académie d'Architecture in Paris, in which Dumont was also a Professor.
References: Marie-Félicie Pérez, "Dumont," Grove Dictionary of Art, Jane Turner, ed., London, 1996, 34 vols., vol. 9, pp. 389-390; Dora Wiebenson and Claire Baines, The Mark J. Millard Architectural Collection: vol. 1, French Books, Washington and New York, 1993, pp. 162-172, no. 66.

184. Continental School, 19th c., "Drapery Study", graphite, black chalk, and gouache on paper, 11 3/4 in. x 8 3/4 in., matted. $300/500

185. Adolf Hiremy-Hirschl (Hungarian, 1860-1933), "Drapery Study", graphite and white chalk, unsigned, 13 1/2 in. x 10 1/2 in.; together with Adolph Roger (1800-1880), "Drapery Study", ink wash, graphite and white chalk on paper, unsigned, sheet 12 1/8 in. x 9 1/2 in., both unframed. $400/600

186. Attributed to Paolo Landriani (Italian, 1755-1839), "Theatre Set Design", ink and ink wash on paper, unsigned, 5 7/8 in. x 7 7/8 in.; together with Italian School, 19th c., "South Side of Palatine Hill, Rome", watercolor on paper, unsigned, 9 1/2 in. x 13 in., both unframed. $500/700
Provenance: Acquired from B. Rockman, New York, 1960 and at Drouot, Paris, 1983.

187. French School, mid-19th c., "Renaissance Revival Room Design", gouache on cardstock, unsigned, sheet 11 7/8 in. x 17 3/4 in., matted; together with "Ceiling and Wallpaper Design", gouache on cardstock, unsigned, sheet 11 1/4 in. x 16 3/4 in., matted. $500/700

188. French School, 19th c., two drawings of Classical sculpture (probably from plaster casts), charcoal on paper, unsigned, both sheets approx. 22 in. x 16 1/2 in., matted. $400/600

189. Wilhelm Kimbell (German, 19th c.), "Design for a Writing Desk" and "Design for a Factor's Desk", watercolor and pencil on paper, each signed lower left and inscribed lower center, sheet 14 1/2 in. x 11 1/2 in. and 11 1/2 in. x 14 3/4 in., respectively, together with eight illustrations for furniture designs from Schmit & Co., Paris, 1887, watercolors on paper, various sizes, some initialed and dated, unframed. $400/600

190. Attributed to Stefano della Bella (Italian, 1610-1664), "Study for a Ducal Cartouche", ink and wash, unsigned, 4 in. x 2 1/2 in., matted. $300/500

191. Regis Deygas (French, 1876-1924), pair of academic male nudes, black chalk on paper, both with studio stamps with artist's name lower left, sheet 13 in. x 9 1/2 in. and 23 1/2 in. x 16 3/4 in. $400/600

192. Emile Friant (French, 1863-1932), "Study of a Leg and Foot", graphite on paper, unsigned, image 9 3/4 in. x 5 1/2 in., trimmed, unframed. $300/500

193. Francois Fortune Antoine Ferogio (French, 1805-1888), "Horse-Drawn Cart in a Wood" and "Une Thebaide (The Sacred Place)", respectively black chalk; and graphite with sepia and white gouache, both signed, latter titled lower right, sheet 6 3/4 in. x 10 7/8 in. and 7 3/4 in. x 11 7/8 in., respectively, both matted. $400/600

194. Italian School, late 19th c., "A Maiolica or Terra Cotta Frieze", watercolor, unsigned, 10 3/8 in. x 14 1/2 in.; together with two French illustrations, "Grille" and "Ceiling Design", both watercolor and pencil, both inscribed, largest 25 in. x 19 1/2 in., unframed. $500/700

195. Jeanne Garcin (French, late 19th c.), "Posing Male Nude", charcoal on paper, initialed en verso, 23 in. x 16 3/4 in., unframed. $200/400
Provenance: Estate of James R. Lamantia Jr.
Note: Lamantia's inscription, en verso, states that Mlle. Garcin was a pupil of Louis Guy. The presence of sheeting around the lower torso of this model explains how a woman artist came to be admitted to a life drawing class (an "academy") in the presence of an otherwise nude male model.

196. French School, 19th c., four academic male nudes, each black chalk on paper, average 24 in. x 18 in., "Seated Male", signed en verso, bearing École des Beaux Arts "Concours d'emulation" stamp upper left, inscribed en verso; "Standing Male", signed "Delarivolliere" en verso; "Standing Male Nude in Three Quarter View", signed "E.M. Maillard" and "C.H. Fauchon" en verso; "Standing Male with Clinched Fist", attributed to Victor Favier (b. 1824), incomplete male nude en verso, all framed. $700/900

197. Delarivolliere (French, 19th c.), "Standing Male Nude from Rear", graphite and black chalk on paper, unsigned, sight 23 1/2 in. x 16 1/2 in., framed. $300/500

198. Delarivolliere (French, 19th c.), "Drawing of a Plaster Cast - Supplicant Male Nude", black chalk on paper, unsigned, sight 23 1/8 in. x 15 in., framed. $200/400

199. Christian Johann Grabau (German, 1810-1874), "Man Driving Cattle", 1856, pencil on paper, stamped "CHR. GRABAU/BREMEN" lower center, dated lower left, inscribed upper right and lower right, with a sketch en verso and inscribed "Grabau 1856" en verso, 8 in. x 11 in., unframed. $200/400