Lot Essay
We are grateful to Caroline Imbert for confirming the attribution to Lami based upon a digital photograph. She will include it in her forthcoming catalogue raisonné on the artist.
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Rinaldo in Armida's garden: design for a fan
Details
Eugène-Louis Lami (Paris 1800-1890)
Rinaldo in Armida's garden: design for a fan
signed with initials 'E.L' (on the rock, lower left), and with inscription on the back of the mount 'Eventail par Eugène Lami/ appartenant à F. Lami/ 3 rue Jean-Bart Paris'
pencil, bodycolor on vellum, the mount with the coat-of-arms of Diane de Poitiers
5 3/8 x 18 in. (13.7 x 45.3 cm.)
Rinaldo in Armida's garden: design for a fan
signed with initials 'E.L' (on the rock, lower left), and with inscription on the back of the mount 'Eventail par Eugène Lami/ appartenant à F. Lami/ 3 rue Jean-Bart Paris'
pencil, bodycolor on vellum, the mount with the coat-of-arms of Diane de Poitiers
5 3/8 x 18 in. (13.7 x 45.3 cm.)
Provenance
Frédéric Lami; Paris, Hôtel Drouot, 16 June 1933, lot 18.
Jean Gautier; Paris, Hôtel Drouot, 16-17 may 1939, lot 59.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, Paris, 1 April 2011, lot 146.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.
Jean Gautier; Paris, Hôtel Drouot, 16-17 may 1939, lot 59.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, Paris, 1 April 2011, lot 146.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.
Special notice
This lot is offered without reserve.