Étienne GOIS (1731–1823), sculptor
2 P.S., Paris, 8 and 28 Germinal X (March–April 1802); 3 folio-sized pages, the second co-signed by the architect RONDELET, with a vignette and the printed letterhead of the Institution nationale du Lycée des Arts.
Minutes of the meetings of the Fine Arts Class. 8 Germinal: HOUEL reads “a description of the ripples produced by the reflection of the sea’s waters on the Seine River”; BALTARD showed engravings “imitating wash drawings”… 28 Germinal: there was a discussion of the translation of a work by Lessing on the Laocoön group, which is said to predate Virgil’s description of it...

Attached is a handwritten letter to Peyre from his son Edme Gois, dated July 22, who has completed “the sculptural works on the pediment of the St. Martin Market” and is requesting payment.
Timed Monday 16 November・20:00 (Europe/Paris)
Lot no. 80-2

Étienne GOIS (1731–1823), sculptor 2 P.S., Paris, 8 and 28 Germinal X (March–April 1802); 3 folio-sized pages, the second co-signed by the architect RONDELET, with a vignette and the printed letterhead of the Institution nationale du Lycée des Arts. Minutes of the meetings of the Fine Arts Class. 8 Germinal: HOUEL reads “a description of the ripples produced by the reflection of the sea’s waters on the Seine River”; BALTARD showed engravings “imitating wash drawings”… 28 Germinal: there was a discussion of the translation of a work by Lessing on the Laocoön group, which is said to predate Virgil’s description of it... Attached is a handwritten letter to Peyre from his son Edme Gois, dated July 22, who has completed “the sculptural works on the pediment of the St. Martin Market” and is requesting payment.

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Étienne GOIS (1731–1823), sculptor 2 P.S., Paris, 8 and 28 Germinal X (March–April 1802); 3 folio-sized pages, the second co-signed by the architect RONDELET, with a vignette and the printed letterhead of the Institution nationale du Lycée des Arts. Minutes of the meetings of the Fine Arts Class. 8 Germinal: HOUEL reads “a description of the ripples produced by the reflection of the sea’s waters on the Seine River”; BALTARD showed engravings “imitating wash drawings”… 28 Germinal: there was a discussion of the translation of a work by Lessing on the Laocoön group, which is said to predate Virgil’s description of it... Attached is a handwritten letter to Peyre from his son Edme Gois, dated July 22, who has completed “the sculptural works on the pediment of the St. Martin Market” and is requesting payment.
Sale Monday 16 November・20:00 (Europe/Paris)
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