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Property from the collection of the late Dr Erika Pohl-Ströher (1919-2016)

Attributed to Henri-Desiré van Blarenberghe

A village encampment

Lot Closed

December 4, 04:23 PM GMT

Estimate

600 - 800 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Property from the collection of the late Dr Erika Pohl-Ströher (1919-2016)

Henri-Desiré van Blarenberghe

Lille 1734 - 1812 Paris

A village encampment 


Fixè-sous-verre, set in the lid of a tortoiseshell-lined lacquer box with gold mounts, indistinct makers mark, charge mark of Julien Alaterre, date letter F (1769-1770), discharge mark of Henry Clevel, 1780-1782 

The miniature: 71 mm. Diam; The box 33 mm. (height) 80 mm. (width)

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Maxime Hébert (1853-1945), Paris;
Ernst Holzscheiter, Meilen;
sale, London, Sotheby's, 9 June 1986, lot 16;
Sale, Geneva, Sotheby's, 12 May 1988, lot 213;
where acquired by Dr Erika Pohl-Ströher (1919-2016)
M. Maillet-Chassagne & I. de Chateau-Thierry, Catalogue raisonné des oeuvres des Van Blarenberghe 1680-1826, Lille, 2004, p. 496, no. 5-120-8
Geneva, Musée d'Art et d'Histoire, Chefs-d'oeuvre de la miniature et de la gouache, 1956, lot 42