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Portrait of Joseph-Carle-Paul-Horace Delaroche, Son of the Artist, Half-Length with a Pile of Books
Details
Paul Hippolyte Delaroche (French, 1797-1856)
Portrait of Joseph-Carle-Paul-Horace Delaroche, Son of the Artist, Half-Length with a Pile of Books
dated and inscribed 'novembre 1851 (Nice)' (lower center)
oil on canvas
24 ¾ x 15 7/8 in. (62.9 x 40.5 cm.)
Portrait of Joseph-Carle-Paul-Horace Delaroche, Son of the Artist, Half-Length with a Pile of Books
dated and inscribed 'novembre 1851 (Nice)' (lower center)
oil on canvas
24 ¾ x 15 7/8 in. (62.9 x 40.5 cm.)
Provenance
The artist.
Émile Jean-Horace Vernet (1789-1863), his father-in-law, by 1857.
Madame Robert Delaroche-Vernet, Paris, by descent, by 1977.
Dr. Nicolas Halmagrand, Paris, her grand-nephew, by 1999.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 31 January 2014, lot 544.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Émile Jean-Horace Vernet (1789-1863), his father-in-law, by 1857.
Madame Robert Delaroche-Vernet, Paris, by descent, by 1977.
Dr. Nicolas Halmagrand, Paris, her grand-nephew, by 1999.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 31 January 2014, lot 544.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
H. Deborde and J. Goddé, Œuvre de Paul Delaroche, Paris, 1858, p. 322, no. 84, pl. 56, illustrated, as Portrait d'Horace Delaroche.
N. D. Ziff, Paul Delaroche, A Study of Nineteenth-Century French History Painting, New York and London, 1977, pp. 298, 394, no. 181, pl. 141, illustrated, as Joseph-Carle-Paul-Horace Delaroche.
S. Bann, Paul Delaroche, History Painted, Princeton, 1997, pp. 235-237, fig. 147, illustrated, as Horace Delaroche.
N. D. Ziff, Paul Delaroche, A Study of Nineteenth-Century French History Painting, New York and London, 1977, pp. 298, 394, no. 181, pl. 141, illustrated, as Joseph-Carle-Paul-Horace Delaroche.
S. Bann, Paul Delaroche, History Painted, Princeton, 1997, pp. 235-237, fig. 147, illustrated, as Horace Delaroche.
Exhibited
Paris, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Exposition des œuvres de Paul Delaroche, 21 April 1857, p. 14, no. 42, as Portrait d'Horace Delaroche.
Paris, Musée Hébert, Hommage à Paul Delaroche (1797-1856), 15 June-17 September 1984, no. 27, illustrated, as Horace Delaroche.
Nantes, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Paul Delaroche: un peintre dans l'histoire, 22 October 1999-17 January 2000, also Montpellier, Pavillon du Musée Fabre, 3 February-23 April 2000, pp. 169, 322, no. 84, illustrated, as Portrait d'Horace Delaroche.
Paris, Musée Hébert, Hommage à Paul Delaroche (1797-1856), 15 June-17 September 1984, no. 27, illustrated, as Horace Delaroche.
Nantes, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Paul Delaroche: un peintre dans l'histoire, 22 October 1999-17 January 2000, also Montpellier, Pavillon du Musée Fabre, 3 February-23 April 2000, pp. 169, 322, no. 84, illustrated, as Portrait d'Horace Delaroche.