Lot n° 88
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Hippolyte FLANDRIN (Lyon 1809 - Rome 1864) - Lot 88
Hippolyte FLANDRIN (Lyon 1809 - Rome 1864)
Portrait of Charles Legentil President of the Chamber of Commerce (1788-1855)
Canvas
Height: 127.5 cm - Width: 105.5 cm
Original frame
Signed and dated upper right "Hipte FLANDRIN. 1856
Provenance: Commissioned by the Paris Chamber of Commerce and Industry in 1856, delivered on November 20, 1856.
Bibliography: Catalogue for the exhibition Hippolyte, Auguste et Paul Flandrin. Une fraternité picturale au XIXe siècle, Paris, Musée du Luxembourg from November 16, 1984 to February 10, 1985 and Lyon, Musée des Beaux-Arts from March 5 to May 19, 1985, quoted p. 222 (Portrait de M. Legentil père). Charles Legentil was President of the Paris Chamber of Commerce and Industry from 1845 to 1855. He holds an undated letter from Hippolyte to the Dutch Institute (no. I 8399).
We thank Cabinet Turquin for its expertise on this painting.
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