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Lot 5854* - ibid160 Estampes & Dessins de Maîtres Anciens - online only - mercredi, 23. septembre 2026, 11h00

After PAULUS POTTER

Lionceau couché, la tête tournée vers la gauche.
Red chalk.
Inscribed lower left: P Potter.
10.5 × 15.4 cm.

Provenance:
- Ian Robertson collection, Combe, 1957.
- Auction Sotheby's, London, 7 July 1966, lot 98.
- Dr Richard Jung collection.
- Auction Sotheby's, London, 17 March 1975, lot 61.
- Japanese private collection.
- Auction Mainichi, Tokyo, 14 October 2017, lot 1002.
- Japanese private collection, acquired at the above auction.

Exhibited:
- Kitakyushu 1981, Old master drawings from private collections in Japan, Kitakyushu Museum of Art, 6 June–5 July 1981, no. 83, as 'Studie eines schlafenden Löwen'.
- Tokyo 1985, Old master drawings from private collections in Japan, Daido Gallery, 5–10 August 1985.

Literature:
- Karl Parker and Jaques Matthey: Catalogue of Watteau's drawn work, Paris 1958, Vol. III, p. 363, no. 942, as 'Lionceau couché, la tête tournée vers la gauche'.
- Exh. cat. Old master drawings from private collections in Japan, Kitakyushu 1981, p. 97, no. 83 (with ill.).
- Exh. cat. Old master drawings from private collections in Japan, Tokyo 1985, p. 102 (with ill.).
- Pierre Rosenberg and Louis-Antonie Prat: Antoine Watteau 1684–1721. Catalogue raisonné des dessins, Vol. III, p. 1228, no. R 296, as 'Lionceau couché, la tête tourné vers la gauche.'

Conditionreport:
Overall in good condition consistent with age. The sheet is mounted on backing cardboard and framed under glass with a mount (frame dimensions: 30 × 40 × 2 cm). The paper is slightly browned in places and shows isolated areas of foxing and age-related traces (cf. ill.). The work was described in the frame.

CHF 500 / 800 | (€ 520 / 820)

Vendu pour CHF 500 (frais inclus)