Master Paintings and Drawings
Master Paintings and Drawings
Sold to Benefit the Acquisition Fund of the Cleveland Museum of Art, Sold Without Reserve
Louis Hersent
Study for a portrait of Gaspare Spontini (1774-1851)
No reserve
Lot Closed
October 22, 05:06 PM GMT
Estimate
800 - 1,200 USD
Lot Details
Description
Sold to Benefit the Acquisition Fund of the Cleveland Museum of Art, Sold Without Reserve
Louis Hersent
Paris 1777 - 1860
Study for a portrait of Gaspare Spontini (1774-1851)
Pencil, squared for transfer in pencil;
inscribed, lower centre: Spontini and signed, lower right: Hersent
150 by 110 mm; 5⅞ by 4⅜ in.
2
Sold together with:
Attributed to Eugène Delacroix (1798-1863)
Studies for St. George and the Dragon
Pencil and watercolor;
extensively inscribed with color notations
241 by 154 mm; 9 1/2 by 6 in.
Provenance:
The artist's estate (L.838a);
sale, London, Sotheby's, 21 June 1979, lot 84,
where acquired by Muriel Butkin, Shaker Heights, OH