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This painting represents the interior of the church of Chartèves where the Bishop of Soissons gives confirmation.
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Property from the Estate of Benjamin F. Edwards
Léon-Augustin Lhermitte (French, 1844-1925)
La confirmation
Details
Léon-Augustin Lhermitte (French, 1844-1925)
La confirmation
signed and dated 'L. Lhermitte - 1890' (lower right)
oil on canvas
35½ x 26½ in. (90.1 x 67.3 cm.)
La confirmation
signed and dated 'L. Lhermitte - 1890' (lower right)
oil on canvas
35½ x 26½ in. (90.1 x 67.3 cm.)
Provenance
with Boussod, Valadon & Cie, Paris.
with Henry Graves, & Co., London.
The Jesuit Community, Detroit.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 27 May 1982, lot 37.
Frederick C. Ross, New Jersey.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 31 October 1985, lot 113.
with MacConnal Mason & Son, Ltd., London.
with Henry Graves, & Co., London.
The Jesuit Community, Detroit.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 27 May 1982, lot 37.
Frederick C. Ross, New Jersey.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 31 October 1985, lot 113.
with MacConnal Mason & Son, Ltd., London.
Literature
M. Le Pelley Fonteny, Léon Augustin Lhermitte, catalogue raisonné, Paris, 1991, pp. 36, 135, no. 154, pl. 19.
Exhibited
Galerie Delmonico, New York, 1899.
Brought to you by
James Hastie
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