| | | | | | | | Document | Sale Catalog F-A271 | |
| Sale Location | Paris, France | | Seller(s) | Thiers, Louis-Antoine Crozat, baron de
from catalog: feu M. Crozat, Baron de Thiers, Brigadier des Armées du Roi, Lieutenant Général pour Sa Majesté de la Province de Champagne au Département de Reims, & Commandant en ladite Province | | Expert | Remy, Pierre | | Lugt Number | 2004 | | Notes | Pierre Crozat's painting collection was inherited by his nephew Louis-François Crozat, marquis du Château, who died in January, 1750. The dawings and the sculpture had been sold, and the remainder passed to the younger brother, Joseph-AntoineCrozat, marquis de Tugny (1699-1750, who also added many paintings in his own right. A sale was held in 1751 (F-A52). Many of the best pieces had been purchased at the 1751 sale by the third brother Louis-Antoine, baron de Thiers, (1700-1770). The collection was offered to Catherine the Great of Russia, who purchased the best paintings. The contract for the sale was signed on January 4, 1772. The present sale contained what was left after that.
BNP gives total as 63335.15. VAL has 63066.13. | | Catalog Location(s) | ESP I Not seen, but said to be annot. with some buyers, all prices and notes. Lacks the title page.
BPG Annot. with buyers and prices for the prints. It probably belonged to the dealer J.B.P. Lebrun.
RMA Annot. with all prices and some notes about the date of sale for certain lots..
AAP I Annot. with all prices.
AAP II Annot. in pencil by Soullié with all prices. They were probably copied from AAP I.
RKDH [photocopy in Provenance Index Sales Files] Annot. by Soullié with all prices.
FLNY I Annot. with all prices. Formerly LRB.
VAL Annot. with all prices.
BNP Annot. with all prices.
BO Annot. with all prices. It probably belonged to François Pascal Haudry.
KKBa Annot. with all prices except the scientific instruments.
FLNY II Annot. with all prices for lots 1-863.
IFP Annot. with all prices for the prints only. The sculpture is not annot.
BMPL Not annot.
LP Not annot.
ARP I Not annot.
ARP II Not annot.
ESP II Not seen, but said to be not annt. Lacks the title page. | | See Also | Sale Contents | | | Art Sales Catalogues Online | | | Digitized Catalog - INHA | | | Digitized Catalog - Frick | | | |
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