ID 1436576
Lot 145 | JEAN-AUGUSTE-DOMINIQUE INGRES (MONTAUBAN 1780-1867 PARIS)
Estimate value
$ 100 000 – 150 000
Deux études de bras pour la figure d'Apelles dans le tableau de 'L'apothéose d'Homère'
signed 'Ingres' (lower right)
oil on canvas with sections laid down on canvas and an extension by the artist on panel
17 7/8 x 11 5/8 in. (45.4 x 29.5 cm.)
Painted circa 1826-1827.
Provenance
The artist.
Étienne-François Haro (1827-1897) and Henri Haro (1855-1911), acquired directly from the above, 13 October 1866 (but possibly never collected from the artist's studio).
The artist's estate sale; Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 6 May 1867, lot 24, as Deux études de bras pour la figure d'Apelles.
Henri Lehmann (1814-1882), Paris, acquired at the above sale.
His sale; Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 2-3 March 1883, lot 137.
Étienne-Edmond Martin, baron de Beurnonville (1825-1906), Paris, probably acquired at the above sale.
His sale; Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 30-31 January 1885, lot 153, as Deux études de bras.
[C?]lauzel, acquired at the above sale.
Hippolyte Adam (1828-1901), Boulogne and Paris.
Private collection, Paris, by 1956, until at least 1980.
Anonymous sale; Hôtel des Ventes, Saumur, 18 June 1983, as Étude pour L'apothéose d'Homère.
with E.V. Thaw & Co. Inc., New York.
Acquired directly from the above by the present owner, 28 November 1983.
Literature
H. Delaborde, Ingres, sa vie et ses travaux, sa doctrine, d'après les notes manuscrites et les lettres du maitre, Paris, 1870, p. 205.
H. Lapauze, Ingres: sa vie et son œuvre, Paris, 1911, p. 552, no. 21, as Bras.
G. Wildenstein, Ingres, London, 1956, pp. 198, 200, no. 170, fig. 101, illustrated, as Two Studies for the Arm of Apelles.
E. Radius, L'opera completa di Ingres, Milan, 1968, pp. 104-105, no. 120e, illustrated, as Studi per la figura di Apelle.
E. Camasasca, Tout l'œuvre peint d'Ingres, Paris, 1971, pp. 104-105, no. 121e, illustrated, as Étude pour Apelle.
D. Ternois, Ingres, Verona, 1980, p. 180, no. 184, illustrated, as L'apothéose d'Homère.
Exhibited
Paris, Palais de l'École impériale des beaux-arts, Des tableaux, études peintes, dessins et croquis de J.-A.-D. Ingres, 1867, p. 10, no. 42, as Deux études de bras pour les figures d'Apelles et de Platon.
Montauban, Musée Ingres, L'Etude pour la tête de Boileau de J.A.D. Ingres et les esquisses peintes pour L'Apothéose d'Homère, 22 February-12 May 1991, p. 37, no. 49, illustrated, as Double études du tronc et du bras droit d'Apelle, avec la main de Raphaël.
Artist: | Giovanni Francesco Barbieri (Guercino, 1591 - 1666) Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres (1780 - 1867) |
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Applied technique: | Oil on canvas |
Genre: | Mythological painting |
Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
Artist: | Giovanni Francesco Barbieri (Guercino, 1591 - 1666) Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres (1780 - 1867) |
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Applied technique: | Oil on canvas |
Genre: | Mythological painting |
Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
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