Lot 185
  • 185

Antoine-Louis Barye

Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 EUR
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Description

  • Antoine-Louis Barye
  • Le Jean de Paris dans la forêt de Fontainebleau
  • Signé BARYE en bas à gauche;
    porte le cachet de cire rouge de la vente au dos
  • Huile sur toile
  • 30 x 39 cm ; 11 3/4 by 15 1/3 in

Provenance

Vente Barye, Paris Hôtel Drouot (Maître Pillet), 7-12 février 1876, n°48

Exhibited

Oeuvres d'Antoine-Louis Barye, Paris, Ecole des Beaux-Arts, novembre-décembre 1875, n°385
The Wild Kingdom of Antoine-Louis Barye 1795 - 1875, New York, Wildenstein & Co, 4 novembre-9 décembre 1994, reproduit p.99, n°113;

Literature

Pierre Miquel, Le paysage français au XIXIè siècle, 1824 - 1874, l'Ecole de la nature, Edition la Martinelle, Paris 1975, tome II, p.71 reproduit.
Michel Poletti, Monsieur Barye, Editions Acatos, Lausanne 2002, p.217, reproduit.

Condition

The painting is slightly darker than the photograpy; a few repaints visible under UV light are scattered over the surface; good overal condition
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Catalogue Note

Un tableau de même sujet est conservé au Musée d'Orsay.