Charles-François Grenier de Lacroix
The Tiber, Rome, with the Castel Sant'Angelo and Saint Peter's basilica in the distance
Charles-François Grenier de Lacroix
The Tiber, Rome, with the Castel Sant'Angelo and Saint Peter's basilica in the distance
105.6 x 187.4 cmOil on canvas
Signed and dated on riverbank, lower left: **nier de Lacroix/ 1750
Sale Bonhams, London, 4 December 2019
Provenance
The Collection of James Christie, The Manor House, Framingham Pigot, Norwich, by whose descendants sold
Sale Christie's, London, 20 March 1959, nr. 51 (sold for 2,600 gns)
With Frost and Reed, London
Sale, Christie's, 26 June 1964, nr. 17 (£7,000 to Agnew's)
The Collection of Sir John Musker and the Directors of Cater Ryder and Co. Ltd., by whom offered
Sale, Christie's, London, 5 December 1969, nr. 86 (sold for £10,000)
With Agnew's, London, where purchased by the present owner's family
Sale Bonhams, London, 4 December 2019, nr. 62 (withdrawn)
Other works by Charles-François Grenier de Lacroix
A capriccio with the Fort Saint-Jean, Marseilles at dusk
1753
1753
A moonlit Mediterranean sea port with figures surrounding a fire
A coastal landscape with fishermen unloading boats, a capriccio of the Arch of Titus
1758
1758
A Mediterranean port
1752
1752
A rocky river landscape