HENRI LEHMANN
HENRI LEHMANN (1814 – Kiel – 1882 – Paris) Woman of the “Orient” Oil on canvas 75 x 61 cm. Signed Heinrich Lehmann 1837 Paris Provenance: Private collection, Spain.
HENRY MAUPERCHÉ
HENRY MAUPERCHÉ (1602 – Paris – 1686) A Landscape with Figures before a Ruined Palace Oil on canvas 128.5 x 113 cm. Circa 1645 Provenance: Christie’s, London, 1 December 1978, no 137; Gallery Somerville & Simpson, London, circa 1985; Galerie Meissner, Zurich, 1988 (as Pierre Patel); private collection
ADAM AUGUST MÜLLER
ADAM AUGUST MÜLLER (1811 – Copenhagen – 1844) Figure in the Antiquities Room at Charlottenborg Oil on canvas 32 x 25 cm 285 x 210 cm framed Bears an inscription on the stretcher: “A. Müller fec.” Provenance: The painting featured in a lottery organized by the Danish Artistic Society (Kunstforeningen), on the 4th…
HYACINTHE RIGAUD
HYACINTH RIGAUD (1659 – Perpignan – 1743 – Paris) Portrait of the Sculptor Martin van den Bogaert, known as Desjardins (1637 – 1694) Oil on canvas: 46.46 × 36.22 inches
LAURENT DE LA HYRE
(1606 – Paris – 1656) Saint Paul Shipwrecked on Malta Oil on canvas: 41-1/4 x 63-3/4 in. 50-3/4 x 72-1/2 x 3-1/2 in. framed.
ANTOINE-JEAN GROS
ANTOINE-JEAN GROS (1771 Paris – Meudon 1835) Portrait of the Countess of Laselle and Her Daughter Oil on canvas 250 x 175 cm 285 x 210 cm framed Signed lower left: Gros. Provenance : Collection comtesse de Lasalle ; collection Joséphine-Charlotte Yermoloff, née de Lasalle ; Collection Hélène Yermoloff, marquise de Podenas, petite fille du général de…
ANTOINE-FRANÇOIS CALLET
Ceres Begging for Jupiter’s Thunderbolt After the Kidnapping of His Daughter Proserpine Oil on canvas 200 x 250 cm Morceau d’agrément of the artist, in 1777 Exhibition: Salon of 1777 (not included in catalogue). This painting, which has recently reappeared, is doubly notable for its fine proportions and its history, and is an…
FRANÇOIS DE TROY
(1645 Toulouse – Paris 1730) The Astronomy Lesson for the Duchess of Maine Oil on canvas 99.5 x 130 cm Executed circa 1705 Origin: Painted by the artist for one of the models, perhaps the version cited in the inventory from Sceaux; Comte de Labessière, who sold it to its most recent owner in 1957…
Augustin Jean MOREAU dit MOREAU-VAUTHIER
Paris, 8 May 1831 – Paris, 16 January 1893 Jewelry Box Paris, 1855 Elephant ivory, brass, steel, silk velvet (modern inner lining) MARKS: A. Moreau Fecit 1855 (on the plinth, at the base base) A. Moreau 1855 (inside, at the bottom of the box) total height: 60 cm; base: 32 x 19.5; box: 45 x…
JOSEF ANTON KURIGER DIT COURIGUER
(1750 Einsielden – 1834 Paris) Portrait of Comte Lancelot Turpin de Crissé (1716-1793) Multicolored wax on cardboard-wood, presented in its original frame and protective case 30.5 x 24.5 cm Framed : 47 x 39 cm Signed lower left A. Couriguer Fecit Circa 1785 In its original Louis XVI period frame Inscribed on the back of…