Ruins of a Temple by a Lake

Inscription: Pen and brown ink, upper right margin: "Esquisse de Mr allegrain le père"

Charles Gasc (French); Kaïeman His sale, Catalogue de la Belle et Riche Collection de Dessins Anciens, Paris, April 26, 1858 - May 1, 1858. lot no. 1340. p. 90. "Paysage avec ruines, traité dans le style de Claude Lorrain. - Lavé à l'encre."; Philippe de Chennevières (French)Lugt 2072; Chennevières sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, April 4-7, 1900, part of no. 6 ("Ruines d'un temple antique au bord d'un lac. -Paysages. Trois dessins à la plume lavis d'encre de chine"). sold to Grosjean for 7 francs, according to Prat, Chennevières exh. cat. 2007.; Pierre Guéraud , his sale, Enghein-les-Bains, Hôtel des ventes, Nov. 20, 1977, lot 16.; Paul Prouté, Paris (French), in 1980.; Galerie de Bayser, Paris , sold for 12,000 F.

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Galerie de Bayser, Paris Exposition de dessins et sculptures de maitres anciens, Galerie de Bayser. Paris, 1980, fig. no. 1, ill.

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