ID 887422
Lot 133 | LOUIS VALLÉE (?-1653 AMSTERDAM)
Estimate value
$ 60 000 – 80 000
Portrait of a gentleman before a draped table, three-quarter-length, a landscape beyond
signed and dated ‘Louis Vallée / 1651’ (center right, on the ledge)
oil on canvas
48 7/8 x 43 3/4 in. (124.1 x 111.2 cm.)
Provenance
with Boussod Valadin et Cie, Paris, where acquired in 1911 by the following,
with Eugene Glaenzer & Co., Paris and New York, by whom sold,
[Property of Eugene Glaenzer & Co., of Paris and New York in liquidation]; American Art Association, New York, 16 February 1922, lot 79, where acquired for $3,300 by,
Emma Rockefeller McAlpin (1868-1934), New York; (†), American Art Association, New York, 1 November 1935, lot 50 ($1,100).
with Spink & Sons, London, 1959.
with Duits, London, 1964.
Eustace Gibbs, 3rd Baron Wraxall, KCVO, CMG (1929-2017), Oakley House, Suffolk; (†) his sale, Dreweatts, Berkshire, 1 May 2019, lot 9, where acquired by the present owner.
Literature
A. Marguillier, ‘Un artiste ignoré (Louis Vallé)’, Les Arts, CXII, April 1911, pp. 16-17, no. 112, illustrated.
‘Der Kunstmarkt: Vom amerikanischen Kunstmarkt’, Der Cicerone, XIV, 1922, pp. 313-314.
'Coming Auctions: American-Anderson Galleries, McAlpin et al. Paintings, Now on exhibition sale, November 1', The Art News, XXXIV, 1935, p. 15, illustrated.
C. Duits, ‘Louis Vallée: The man with only three paintings to his credit’, Duits Quarterly, I, Summer 1964, pp. 14-16, illustrated.
| Artist: | Louis Vallee ( ?-1653 ) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil on canvas |
| Genre: | Portrait |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, Europe, The Netherlands |
| Auction house category: | Paintings |
| Artist: | Louis Vallee ( ?-1653 ) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil on canvas |
| Genre: | Portrait |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, Europe, The Netherlands |
| Auction house category: | Paintings |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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