19th Century European Art
19th Century European Art
LÉON-AUGUSTIN LHERMITTE | RECUEILLEMENT PRÈS DU TOMBEAU DE LOUIS DE BRÉZÉ DANS LA CHAPELLE DE LA VIERGE À LA CATHÉDRALE DE ROUEN
Auction Closed
May 22, 03:43 PM GMT
Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
LÉON-AUGUSTIN LHERMITTE
French
1844 - 1925
RECUEILLEMENT PRÈS DU TOMBEAU DE LOUIS DE BRÉZÉ DANS LA CHAPELLE DE LA VIERGE À LA CATHÉDRALE DE ROUEN
signed L. Lhermitte (lower right)
charcoal on paper
21 ¾ by 17 in.
55.2 by 43.2 cm
The Comité Lhermitte has confirmed the authenticity of this work, which will be included in the Supplement of the Catalogue Raisonné now in preparation by the Galerie Brame & Lorenceau and Monique Le Pelley-Fonteny.
Private Collection, United States
Thence by descent
Léon-Augustin Lhermitte devoted much of his oeuvre to everyday life in the rural villages of Northern France. Like his Realist contemporaries, he often depicted peasants laboring in the fields, but he also took interest in humble interiors and family life, especially tender moment between mothers and children. The present lot provides an intimate view of a quiet moment of prayer and reflection in the cathedral of Rouen, northwest of Paris, which featured prominently throughout Lhermitte's artistic career. The Gothic splendor of the twelfth century cathedral has captivated French painters for centuries, and in the late 1800s it would become an important subject for Claude Monet and Camille Pissarro.