A PAIR OF 'ORIENTALIST' PAINTED PANELS
A PAIR OF 'ORIENTALIST' PAINTED PANELS

AFTER THE ROUSSEAU FRÈRES, 19TH CENTURY

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A PAIR OF 'ORIENTALIST' PAINTED PANELS
AFTER THE ROUSSEAU FRÈRES, 19TH CENTURY
Each oil on canvas in a later giltwood frame
74 in. x 56 in. (188 cm. x 142 cm.)
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 19 March 2008, lot 158.

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Lot Essay

The present lot is based on a series of boiserie panels in the apartments of Louis XVI's brother the comte d'Artois at Versailles, known as the cabinet turc. The original door panels, now located at the Louvre, were painted by the Rousseau frères were apart a part of a large decorative scheme by Francois-Joseph Bélanger alongside his brother-in-law Jean-Démosthène.
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