FLEURY FRANOIS RICHARD (FRENCH, 1777-1852)

LA MORT DU PRINCE DE TALMONT

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FLEURY FRANOIS RICHARD (FRENCH, 1777-1852)
LA MORT DU PRINCE DE TALMONT
SIGNED AND DATED 'F. RICHARD 1823' (LOWER RIGHT)
OIL ON CANVAS
32.1/8 X 23 IN. (81.5 X 58.5 CM.)
PAINTED IN 1823

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THE FIRST VERSION OF LA MORT DU PRINCE DE TALMONT WAS EXHIBITED AT THE SALON IN 1822 AND HAS BEEN LOST SINCE 1830. VERSIONS ONE OF WHICH IS IN THE MUSéE DE BROU, AIN. (SEE M.-C. DE CHAUDONNERET, LA PEINTURE TROUBADOUR. DEUX ARTISTES LYONNAIS. PIERRE REVOIL (1176-1842). FLEURY RICHARD (1777-1852), PARIS, 1980, P. 83.
AN EXTREMELY POPULAR SUBJECT IN ITS DAY, THE WORK WAS ENGRAVED BY ANTOINE-JOSEPH GAITTE INTHE 1820S.

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