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Emporium & Coins Auction

Fri, Oct 22, 2021 09:00AM EDT
Lot 121

Attributed to Emile-Jean-Horace Vernet

Estimate: $300 - $500

Bid Increments

Price Bid Increment
$0 $25
$100 $50
$1,000 $100
$2,000 $200
$3,000 $250
$5,000 $500
$10,000 $1,000
$20,000 $2,000
$50,000 $5,000
$100,000 $10,000

(or Horace, French, 1789-1863)

An Eastern Soldier on Horseback, not apparently signed, graphite, sight 8-1/4 x 10-3/4 in.; wood frame, 16-3/4 x 19-1/4 in.

Provenance: Estate of Reverend Father Francis Agius (1891-1958) of Our Lady of Counsel, Inwood, Long Island, New York; Giovanni Piancastelli, Bologna, Italy, (1845-1926), painter, collector and Director of the Galleria Borghese, Rome (likely the compiler of the albums in which this sheet was contained); Private Collection

Condition

tear at left middle edge, smalls stained, crease at lower right corner, not examined out of frame, not apparently laid down; frame with abrasions

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