ID 1389954
Lot 90 | EUGÈNE-LOUIS LAMI (PARIS 1800-1890)
Estimate value
€ 2 000 – 3 000
Marguerite de Valois assise dans un parc
monogrammé et daté ‘E .L. 1880’ (en bas à gauche)
graphite, aquarelle et gouache
20 x 16 cm (7 7/8 x 6 ¼ in.)
Provenance
Baronne de Roujoux (selon Lemoisne, op. cit.).
Literature
P.-A. Lemoisne, L'Œuvre d'Eugène Lami. Essai d'un catalogue raisonné, Paris, 1914, n° 1495.
Further details
EUGÈNE-LOUIS LAMI, THE QUEEN MARGOT SEATED IN A PARC, GRAPHITE, WATERCOLOUR AND BODYCOLOUR, MONOGRAMED AND DATED 1880
Alongside his work as a painter of the court and bourgeoisie of the period, working for the Duc d'Aumale in Chantilly and the Rothschild family in Ferrières, Eugène Lami also designed costumes for the Paris Opera and illustrated operas and plays, as in this case. This gouache depicts Queen Margot in a scene from Les Huguenots, an opera by Giacomo Meyerbeer (1791-1864) first performed in 1836. It recounts the impossible love between a Catholic woman and a Protestant man on the eve of the St Bartholomew's Day massacres in the summer of 1572. Here, the Queen sits under an arbour with caryatids in a flourishing garden.
| Artist: | Eugène Louis Lami (1800 - 1890) |
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| Applied technique: | Gouache, Painted |
| Genre: | Portrait |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects, Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Drawings, Watercolors and drawings |
| Artist: | Eugène Louis Lami (1800 - 1890) |
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| Applied technique: | Gouache, Painted |
| Genre: | Portrait |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects, Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Drawings, Watercolors and drawings |
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