Victor Jean NICOLLE (1754–1826) - Lot 5

Victor Jean NICOLLE (1754–1826) Italian landscape with figures set against a backdrop of villas and churches. Ink wash over graphite lines, on paper, mounted at the top on a cardboard backing decorated with lines. Signed in the drawing toward the left. “E.C.” stamp from the collection of Charles EGGIMANN in the lower right corner. On the reverse, various labels and the inscription “Collection Ch. EGGIMANN.” 13.5 x 20.5 cm. Pinholes, small loss at the top edge, paper warped. Molded wooden frame, gilded (shows wear, needs tightening). Ch. EGGIMANN (1863–1948), bookseller and publisher in Geneva, then in Paris, “where he took over the former Bance-Morel firm, founded in the late 18th century, which published Viollet-le-Duc’s famous dictionaries of architecture and furniture.” He donated part of his collection of drawings, which spanned the 15th to the 18th centuries, notably to the museums in Basel, Bern, Zurich, the Louvre, and Berlin. [See https://www.marquesdecollections.fr/FtDetail/2228ae1b-45dd-cd42-8e97-3a55537d9722 - L.530 Eggimann, Charles]