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18TH C FRENCH PAINTINGS BY Pierre Alexandre Wille

Sold for $8,000 at Antique Arena Inc on Mar 9, 2024.

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Pierre Alexandre Wille, French, 1748 to 1821, Rococo oil on canvas paintings. LOT 1/2 ONE: The New Hat: The painting depicts an elegant young lady tying a pink ribbon on a hat of a smartly dressed boy. Signed and dated on the lower right: P.A. Wille filius pxit 1782 no. 62. Housed in an old richly decorated gilt wood and gesso frame. Provenance: Christies New York, Rockefeller Center, Old Masters Paintings and Sculpture, October 1. 20. 2020, lot 189. Please refer to the original auction paper labels attached to the backside. LOT 2/2 TWO Soothing the Child: The beautifully detailed painting depicts a young elegant mother embracing her child. Signed and dated on the lower right: P.A. Wille filius pxit 1780 no. 50 Housed in an old richly decorated gilt wood and gesso frame. Provenance: Christies New York, Rockefeller Center, Old Masters Paintings and Sculpture, October 1. 20. 2020, lot 189. Please refer to the original auction paper labels attached to the backside.

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