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A sketch of classical figures in a landscape
Details
Henri Joseph de Forestier (Santo Domingo 1787-1872 Paris)
A sketch of classical figures in a landscape
oil on paper laid down on canvas
5 5/8 x 8 in. (14.3 x 20.3 cm.)
A sketch of classical figures in a landscape
oil on paper laid down on canvas
5 5/8 x 8 in. (14.3 x 20.3 cm.)
Provenance
Gifted by the artist to General Bro, thence by descent to
Colonel Olivier Bro de Commères, by 1867, and by descent to
Madame Pic, Paris.
Colonel Olivier Bro de Commères, by 1867, and by descent to
Madame Pic, Paris.
Literature
C. Clément, 'Catalogue de l'oeuvre de Géricault - Peintures', Gazette des Beaux-Arts, XXIII, September 1867, p. 290, no. 126, as 'Géricault'.
C. Clément, Géricault, étude biographique et critique avec le catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre du maître, Paris, 1879, p. 309, no. 132, as 'Géricault'.
J. Thuillier, et al., Tout l'oeuvre peint de Géricault, Paris, 1978, p. 137-8, no. A100, under 'Attributed to Géricault' but identified with a drawing by Forestier.
P. Grunchec, 'Géricault, problèmes de méthode', Revue de l'Art, no. 43, 1979, pp. 48, 58, note 120, fig. 27, as 'Forestier'.
G. Bazin, Théodore Géricault: étude critique, documents et catalogue raisonné, Paris, 1987, II, pp. 321, 507-08, no. 538, as 'Géricault'.
C. Clément, Géricault, étude biographique et critique avec le catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre du maître, Paris, 1879, p. 309, no. 132, as 'Géricault'.
J. Thuillier, et al., Tout l'oeuvre peint de Géricault, Paris, 1978, p. 137-8, no. A100, under 'Attributed to Géricault' but identified with a drawing by Forestier.
P. Grunchec, 'Géricault, problèmes de méthode', Revue de l'Art, no. 43, 1979, pp. 48, 58, note 120, fig. 27, as 'Forestier'.
G. Bazin, Théodore Géricault: étude critique, documents et catalogue raisonné, Paris, 1987, II, pp. 321, 507-08, no. 538, as 'Géricault'.
Exhibited
Paris, Hôtel Jean Charpentier, Expositions d'oeuvres de Géricault, 24 April-16 May 1924, no 63, as 'Géricault'.
Special notice
This lot is offered without reserve.
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