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Christie s to offer Old Master & British Drawings including property from The Cornelia Bessie Estate

Christie s to offer Old Master & British Drawings including property from The Cornelia Bessie Estate Laurent de La Hyre (Paris 1606-1656), The Binding of Isaac with inscription ‘La Hire’(on the mount). Black and white chalk on light brown paper, 12 x 153⁄8 in. (30.5 x 39.1 cm). Estimate: $80,000-120,000. © Christie s Images Ltd 2021. NEW YORK, NY .-Christie’s online auction Old Master & British Drawings including property from The Cornelia Bessie Estate will be offered for sale 14-28 January and will feature works from the 15th to the 19th centuries, with a particular focus on drawings by some of the greatest 18th century French artists. A rare highlight of the auction appearing on the market for the first time is Jean-Étienne Liotard’s pastel Portrait of Philibert Cramer, one of Voltaire’s publishers, which is offered by his descendants (estimate: $400,000-600,000). The dashing sitter is identified on a label on the back of the canvas as Philibert Cramer (1727-1779),

Jean-Etienne Liotard portrait Philibert Cramer | Christie s

Jean-Etienne Liotard’s Portrait of Philibert Cramer a masterpiece of the Enlightenment From London to Constantinople, Liotard was the portraitist of choice for princes, popes and kings. Still owned by the descendants of the sitter, this depiction of Voltaire’s publisher is a sublime example of why his skills were in such great demand Jean-Etienne Liotard (1702-1789) is occasionally referred to as a ‘journeyman’ artist. However, it would be entirely wrong to imagine him on the move from place to place soliciting commissions. During the 18th century, his services as a portraitist were in constant demand from royals, aristocrats and other elite clients across Europe.

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