Beschreibung:

French School. Soldiers on horseback and other figures admiring the temple at Tivoli, late 18th century, watercolour heightened with white bodycolour over pen and black ink, Apelles Collection ownership mark on the reverse of the old mount (not in Lugt), 243 x 362 mm (9 1/2 x 14 1/4 ins), laid down on an 18th century original mount (Quantity: 1) Provenance: Apelles Collection (mark on the reverse of the old mount, not in Lugt); Collection of Carlos Alberto Cruz; offered Sotheby's, London, 23 September 2021, Old Master and British Works on Paper, including works from the Collections of Carlos Alberto Cruz and the Late Timothy Clowes, lot 36.