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The Duke of Chartres and Pierre-Paul Édouard Save the Engineer Siret from Drowning on August 3, 1791, in Vendôme
Émile Jean-Horace Vernet (French, 1789–1863)
Title
The Duke of Chartres and Pierre-Paul Édouard Save the Engineer Siret from Drowning on August 3, 1791, in Vendôme
Artist
Émile Jean-Horace Vernet (French, 1789–1863)
Date
1847
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
20 1/4 × 24 1/4 in. (51.4 × 61.6 cm)
Classification
Painting
Credit Line
Museum purchase with funds from the Jack Drew Acquisition Fund for 18th- and 19th-Century Art
Object Number
2022.10
On View
On view
Provenance
Possibly commissioned from the artist by Louise Marie Adélaïde Eugénie d’Orléans, known as Mademoiselle d’Orléans (1777–1847), sister of King Louis Philippe, 1847 [1];
Probably inherited by her brother, King Louis-Philippe (1773–1850), 1847–1850.
Sold, 9 ème Vente Garden Party à Cheverny, Rouillac, Château de Cheverny, May 31, 1997, lot 98, as one of a pair with Émile Jean-Horace Vernet, Le duc d’Orléans à Vendôme, sauvant un prêtre de la fureur populaire, le 23 juin 1791, signed and dated 1817.
With Shepherd Gallery, New York, 2004–2010;
Purchased from Shepherd Gallery by a private collector, USA, 2010–2022;
Consigned from a private collection, USA to Ben Elwes Fine Art, London, 2022;
Purchased from Ben Elwes Fine Art, London, by Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, Nebraska, 2022.
[1] This painting was possibly commissioned as a pendant to another painting by Vernet set at Vendôme, titled Le duc d’Orléans à Vendôme, sauvant un prêtre de la fureur populaire, le 23 juin 1791 (The Duke of Orleans Saves a Priest from the Popular Fury on June 23, 1791, in Vendôme) (1817). In January 1818, Vernet received 1,000 francs from Mademoiselle d’Orléans. That painting, at an unknown date, but possibly upon her death, passed to her brother, the king, possibly together with the present painting. Given the royal stamp and initials ‘LP’ on the verso of the present painting, it is also possible that Louis-Philippe himself commissioned the present painting from Vernet as a pendant to the earlier work.
Probably inherited by her brother, King Louis-Philippe (1773–1850), 1847–1850.
Sold, 9 ème Vente Garden Party à Cheverny, Rouillac, Château de Cheverny, May 31, 1997, lot 98, as one of a pair with Émile Jean-Horace Vernet, Le duc d’Orléans à Vendôme, sauvant un prêtre de la fureur populaire, le 23 juin 1791, signed and dated 1817.
With Shepherd Gallery, New York, 2004–2010;
Purchased from Shepherd Gallery by a private collector, USA, 2010–2022;
Consigned from a private collection, USA to Ben Elwes Fine Art, London, 2022;
Purchased from Ben Elwes Fine Art, London, by Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, Nebraska, 2022.
[1] This painting was possibly commissioned as a pendant to another painting by Vernet set at Vendôme, titled Le duc d’Orléans à Vendôme, sauvant un prêtre de la fureur populaire, le 23 juin 1791 (The Duke of Orleans Saves a Priest from the Popular Fury on June 23, 1791, in Vendôme) (1817). In January 1818, Vernet received 1,000 francs from Mademoiselle d’Orléans. That painting, at an unknown date, but possibly upon her death, passed to her brother, the king, possibly together with the present painting. Given the royal stamp and initials ‘LP’ on the verso of the present painting, it is also possible that Louis-Philippe himself commissioned the present painting from Vernet as a pendant to the earlier work.
Exhibition History
None.
Published References
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