ID 1126187
Lot 37 | LAURENT DE LA HYRE (PARIS 1605-1656)
Estimate value
$ 400 000 – 600 000
An allegory of Public Faith
inscribed 'BASIS FIRMA FIDES' (lower right, on the pedestal)
oil on canvas
33 x 40 in. (83.8 x 101.6 cm.)
Provenance
with Jacques Seligmann & Co., New York, by 1951.
Mrs. Ethlyne Seligman, New York, by 1979.
William Rockhill Nelson (1841-1915), Kansas City, MO,
[Sold by Order of the University Trustees of the William Rockhill Nelson Trust, Kansas City, Missouri]; Christie's, New York, 18 May 1995, lot 53, where acquired.
Literature
J. Richardson, The Collection of Germain Seligman: Paintings, Drawings and Works of Art, 1979, no. 44, illustrated.
P. Rosenberg and J. Thuillier, Laurent de la Hyre 1606-1656. L'Homme et l'oeuvre, Geneva and Grenoble, 1988, p. 321, no. 303, illustrated.
Exhibited
Pittsburgh, Carnegie Institute, French Painting 1100-1900, 18 October-2 December 1951, no. 63, illustrated.
New York, J. Seligmann & Co., French 17th Century Paintings and Drawings, 23 November-12 December 1953, p. 20, no. 6, illustrated.
Birmingham, AL, Birmingham Museum of Art, The Reformation and Counter-Reformation, September-October 1954, p. 13.
Artist: | Laurent de La Hyre (1606 - 1656) |
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Applied technique: | Oil on canvas |
Genre: | Allegory |
Place of origin: | Western Europe, France |
Auction house category: | Paintings |
Artist: | Laurent de La Hyre (1606 - 1656) |
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Applied technique: | Oil on canvas |
Genre: | Allegory |
Place of origin: | Western Europe, France |
Auction house category: | Paintings |
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