Lot n° 363
Estimation :
4000 - 6000
EUR
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Result
: 5 200EUR
PODESTI Francesco (1800-1895), attributed to. - Lot 363
PODESTI Francesco (1800-1895), attributed to.
Bust portrait of the young Count de Chambord (1820-1883).
Oil on canvas, unsigned, dating from 1840, preserved in its magnificent original carved and gilded wooden frame surmounted by the great arms of France under a royal crown and adorned at each corner in a cartouche with a fleur-de-lys.
Some age wear to the frame, but overall good condition.
Sight: H.: 64 cm - W.: 51 cm.
Frame: H.: 106 cm - W.: 82 cm.
History: It was during his tour of Europe that the young prince, who arrived in Rome on October 20, 1839, met the Italian painter Francesco Podesti. It was during the following year that Podesti painted the above portrait. This work was widely reproduced in engravings and lithographs in the second half of the 19th century.
Reference: several versions of this portrait are known, each with slight variations, such as the one in the Raymond Jeanvrot collection (Musée de Bordeaux, Inv. 58.1.5443), in which the prince wears a black tie. There is also a full-length version signed by the artist and dated 1840, on which the prince holds a pair of gloves in his left hand (Château de Chambord, Inv.
Ch/41/0551) and in another version, the prince wears a cape, in the same pose, but against a green background.
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