French 18C Versailles Neoclassical Court Drawing, PLEASE ALSO SEE the Bruegel Era Dutch Old Master Ink Drawing and French 18C Neoclassical portrait oil both with Chapellier Rosenberger family New York provenance just added late in the sale, a cartoon drawing study for a painting with a seated Queen, King, attendants, obelisk and landscape, possibly Louis XV and Marie Antoinette or alternately a Goddess and God of Greek or Roman subject matter in an idyllic unidentified or Romantic Italianate capriccio location or alternately a court or coterie of all women, red or sepia crayon on paper, 13 x 20 sight, 22.25 x 28.625 x 0.875 inches framed, no visible signature, gilt gesso frame. Provenance: Provenance: Channel 13 Art Auction, NYC. This is one of 34 lots that come from a second estate in the auction with Vanderbilt ties, the private collection of a New York interior designer, name withheld, who lived in the James Macnamee Clara Vanderbilt House that later became the George Vanderbilt House on Grymes Hill in Stapleton Heights on Staten Island before retiring to the Florida Gulf Coast. Her room settings were featured in Better Homes and Gardens Decorating et al. Many of the artworks and antiques were acquired in Manhattan and much of the Outsider Art examples were obtained directly from the artists or as the original owner buying at exhibitions with the artist present. CX BGR 5

Central fold, creases at corners and towards edges, hairline tears about central fold, evenly toned, scattered stains and imperfections, frame wear, not examined out of frame.