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Italianate landscape with trees and a villa behind a hill
Chipart
* c.1764 in Paris † c.1825 in Paris
Pen and grey ink with grey wash on paper. Size of sheet: 28.3 x 19 cm.
On early 19th century mount; with the collector’s blind stamp lower right. Inscribed on the mount “Chipard.del.”.
PROVENANCE: From the Collection of Benjamin Wolff (1790-1866) (L.420)
€ 1200.-
Written biographical sources about Chipart are scarce. It is however known that he sporadically worked as a painter of theatrical scenery at the Royal Danish Theatre, Copenhagen between c.1794-1825.