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Jacques-Philippe Caresme — Peasants in a tavern
Jacques-Philippe Caresme

Peasants in a tavern

Jacques-Philippe Caresme's Peasants in a tavern depicts a genre scene rendered in point of the brush, brown wash, and watercolor with white heightening. The composition is framed with brown ink lines in a classical draftsmanship style.

Medium
Point of the brush and brown wash and watercolor, heightened with white, within brown ink framing lines;
Spotted At
Auction House · Sotheby's

🔨 Auction Lot

Master Paintings and Drawings

March 16, 2021

Estimate: $2,000 – $3,000

Lot 153

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Jacques-Philippe Caresme, Peasants in a tavern

Jacques-Philippe Caresme's Peasants in a tavern depicts a genre scene rendered in point of the brush, brown wash, and watercolor with white heightening. The composition is framed with brown ink lines in a classical draftsmanship style.

Medium
Point of the brush and brown wash and watercolor, heightened with white, within brown ink framing lines;
Seen at
Sotheby's, New York, London, Hong Kong, Paris

Related themes

Watercolor, French, Brown Ink, Sketch, Narrative, Tavern Scene, Figure Drawing, Genre, Earth Tones, 18th Century