AN IRISH WILLIAM IV GILTWOOD AND GILT-COMPOSITION PICTURE-FRAME By Cranfield's of Dublin ENCLOSING A FRAMED PRINT ENTITLED 'L'HEMICYCLE DU PALAIS DES BEAUX-ART'

BY HENRIQUEL DUPONT AFTER PAUL DELAROCHE

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AN IRISH WILLIAM IV GILTWOOD AND GILT-COMPOSITION PICTURE-FRAME By Cranfield's of Dublin
ENCLOSING A FRAMED PRINT ENTITLED 'L'HEMICYCLE DU PALAIS DES BEAUX-ART'
By Henriquel Dupont after Paul Delaroche
Depicting men in classical dress, the three central figures seated on a bench, surrounded by five women, inscribed 'PARIS - Imprimé et publié par GOUPIL & Cie 19 Boulevard Monmartre & 12 rue d'Engtien London - Published by P & D Colnaghi & Co 13 & 14 Pall Mall East Berlin - Verlag von Goupil & Cie Peint par Paul Delaroche ' and backed with blue paper, with label to the reverse 'From CRANFIELD'S 115 GRAFTON STREET DUBLIN', minor tears to the print and chips to the frame
The frame: 121½ in. (308.5 cm.) wide; 40 in. (101.5 cm.) high
The print: 108½ in. (275.5 cm.) wide; 24.5 in. (62 cm.) high, (measured in the frame)

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The illustration for this lot is incorrectly labelled 253 rather than 353.

Lot Essay

Paul Delaroche (d.1856), was elected a member of the Académie des Beaux-Arts in 1832. He began to work on L'Hemicycle, also known as the Artist of all Ages, for the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in 1837 and completed it in 1841. Renowned as being his most famous work, this monumental panorama, 27 meters wide, depicts over seventy painters, sculptors and architects, ranging from antiquity to the 18th Century; among them are Raphael, Leonardo and Inigo Jones.

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