NARCISSE BERCHÈRE (1819-1891)

NARCISSE BERCHÈRE (1819-1891)
Landscape and monument studies
Ink and ink wash on buff paper
Stamp 'Vente/N. Berchère' [Lugt L.231] lower right
Figure study on back
(Small stains)
Ink and inkwash on chamois paper, stamped with the 'Vente N. Berchère' mark lower right, a sketch of characters on the reverse
21,6 x 13,7 cm - 8 1/2 x 5 3/8 in.

Provenance
- Vente, 'Dessins anciens par ou attribués à : Crozato, Dalle, Ghitti, de la Gourdaine, Hoppenbrouwers... and the German, English, Flemish, Italian and Nordic Schools. Important set of Drawings by Jacques Louis David. Dessins modernes par Berchere, Boldini, Cabat, Carpeaux, Compte-Calix...', Loudmer-Poulain-Cornette de Saint-Cyr, Paris, Hôtel Drouot, December 19, 1973, lot 131 (titled 'Mosquées)
- Sale, 'Liquidation de l'étude Loudmer', Paris, Hôtel Drouot, January 15, 1999, lot no. unknown
- Private collection, France (acquired at previous sale, then by descent)