Sale 2311
Amsterdam
|
30 October 1996
Price realised
NLG 6,919
Estimate
Pierre-Joseph Célestin François (1759-1851) Allegory on the arrival in Brussels of Marie-Ludmille, Duchess of Arenberg, née Princesse de Lobkowitz (1798-1868) signed lower centre François, and inscribed and dated lower right A S.A.S. MAD.LA DUCHESSE/D'ARENBERG.Née.Pse.DE.LOBKOWITZ. À .SON.ARRIV/AEE.A.BRUXELLES.EN./1819 oil on panel 29 x 24 cm
Provenance
Contact Client Service
info@christies.com
New York +1 212 636 2000
London +44 (0)20 7839 9060
infoasia@christies.com
Asia +852 2760 1766
The sitter married Prosper-Louis, 7th Duke of Arenberg in Bohemia in January 1819 See illustration
Over 45 years, the London-based dealer has made his name as a purveyor of eclectic objects from an array of world cultures and historical periods
Thomas Girtin, who died aged just 27, was a friend of J.M.W. Turner — and regarded by many as more gifted. Specialist Harriet Drummond tells us why