Lot Essay
For more information on this lot see the catalogue note on lot 140.
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The Death
Details
ALFRED DE DREUX (FRENCH, 1810-1860)
The Death
signed and dated 'Alfred deDreux / 1859' (lower right)'
oil on canvas
64 1/8 x 51 1/2 in. (162.9 x 131.3 cm.)
The Death
signed and dated 'Alfred deDreux / 1859' (lower right)'
oil on canvas
64 1/8 x 51 1/2 in. (162.9 x 131.3 cm.)
Provenance
The Property of the Trustees of the Knole Second Fund Trust.
Their sale; Christie's, London, 20 May 2005, lot 63, where acquired by the present owner.
Their sale; Christie's, London, 20 May 2005, lot 63, where acquired by the present owner.
Literature
M-C. Renauld, l'univers d'Alfred De Dreux 1810-1860, suivi du catalogue raisonné, Arles, 2008, p. 78, inv. no. 343, illus., p. 204.
Exhibited
Paris, Salon, 1859, no. 793, as `La mort`.
Special notice
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