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77.7289 Grand Scale Oil on Canvas Portrait of a Hunter and His Dogs
| Height: |
91.5 in. (232.41 cm) |
| Width: |
67 in. (170.18 cm) |
| Depth: |
4 in. (10.16 cm) |
| Country of Origin: |
France |
| Artist: |
Maurice Henry |
| Condition: |
Restored |
| Year: |
1870 |
| Description: |
Grand scale oil on canvas portrait depicting a hunter and his dogs before an outing. Bears the signature of the artist M. Henry of Cholet, France 1870 on the lower back side of the frame. The subject of the portrait is Charles Henri Galais. This was hanging in one of the town's grandest châteaus for well over one hundred years before it was sold at an auction in Paris in the mid 1980s. It was descended by the family of the sitter.
Cholet, France (a brief history)
The town owes the rise of its prosperity to the settlement of weavers there by Édouard Colbert, count of Maulévrier, a brother of the great Jean-Baptiste Colbert. It then became an estate of Gabriel François, Count de Rougé and Marquess of Cholet, who developed the city and its economy. The main commercial mall being built this year is named after him: The "Arcades Rougé".
During the early years of the French revolutionary wars, the town found itself at the heart of the counter-revolutionary struggle in the Vendée, culminating in October 1793 with the Battle of Cholet which was won by the republicans and followed by a period of brutal government repression. |
Dimensions:
91.5" x 67"W x 4"D
Price: $25,000.00
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