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PRESS RELEASE
[Friday, 16 May 2008]
ANCIENT AND 19th CENTURY PAINTINGS
PRESTIGIOUS AUCTION
Thursday 26th of June 2008, 7pm
Exhibition
Espace Tajan, 37 rue des Mathurins - 75008 Paris
Saturday 21st and Sunday 22nd 2008 from 11 am till 6 pm
Monday 23rd and Thursday 25th from 9 am to 6 pm
Specialists: Cabinet Eric Turquin, Chantal Mauduit, Hubert Duchemin, Wanda Tymowska
Tajan�s next auction of ancient and 19th century canvas consists of more than sixty lots. Among them you will discover an exceptional oil on canvas painting by Philippe de Champaigne, a collection of French portraits from the 17th and 18th century (Gobert, Pierre Mignard, Descours, Largilliere, Rigaud�) and various works from the classic Italian and Flemish painters (Schaufflein, Ma�tre de Koenigsbach, Nicolo de Priore,�).
The Old Italian, French and Dutch Schools are represented by very beautiful pieces, dating from the 17th, 18th and 19th century and their classic themes such as mythological scenes or scenes of dying creatures, paintings with a marine content, portraits and landscapes�
Jean Baptiste Pater (Valencienne 1695-Paris 1736)
� Le colinmaillard
�
Huile sur toile
60 x 73 cm
Estimation :
80 000/120 000 �
Jean Baptiste Pater (Valencienne 1695-Paris 1736)
�Countrified pleasures�
Oil on canvas
21.26 x 25.20 inch
Estimate: 263 880/293 200 $
Pietro Longhi (1701-1785)
�The presentation of the Elephant�
Oil on Canvas
Estimate: 439 800/586 400 $
Philippe de
Champaigne
(1602-1674)
�Landscape animated by a river�
Oil on canvas
25.98 x 12.99 inch
Estimate: 117 280/146 600 $
Anthonie
Claessins (attributed)(1536-1613)
�A Benediction� � �A Sermon�
Boarded platter
77.95 x 25.79 inch - 77.95 x 22.24 inch
Estimate: 29 320/43 980 $
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Information :
Thadd�e Prate
Head of Speciality
+33 1 53 30 30 47
Press relations, photographs :
Romain Monteaux Sarmiento
+33 (0)1 53 30 30 68