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French School, 1817
Castor and Pollux saving Helen
Lot Closed
February 2, 02:20 PM GMT
Estimate
12,000 - 18,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
French School, 1817
Castor and Pollux saving Helen
oil on canvas
unframed: 113.3 x 145.3 cm.; 44 7/8 x 57 1/2 in.
framed: 123.3 x 156 cm.; 48 7/8 x 61 7/8 in.
Anonymous sale, New York, Christie's, 25 October 1996, lot 8, where acquired.
P. Grunchec, Le grand prix de peinture. Le concours des Prix de Rome de 1797 à 1863, Paris 1983, pp. 163-64, reproduced p. 165, pl. 4 (as anonymous).
'Castor and Pollux saving Helen' was the subject for the 1817 edition of the Prix de Rome, where this work was presented.