LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

17.32 in. (44.00 cm.) (height) by 11.42 in. (29.00 cm.) (width)

Exhibited:

Paris, Salon, 1834, no. 504, as ‘Appartient au Roi’.

Literature:

‘Lettre IV’, Lettres sur le Salon de 1834, Paris, 1834, p. 73. A. Decamps, Le Musée: Revue du Salon de 1834, Paris, 1834, pp. 34-35. T. Gautier, Salon de 1834, Paris, 1834, p. 5. G. Laviron, Le Salon de 1834, Paris, 1834, pp. 78 and 306-307. A. Vergnaud, Examen du Salon de 1834, Paris, 1834, p. 11, no. 504. H. Deborde and J. Goddé, Oeuvre de Paul Delaroche, Paris, 1858, pl. 15. N. Ziff, Paul Delaroche: A Study in Nineteenth-Century French History Painting, London, 1977, p. 281, no. 53 (illustrated), as 'location unknown'. S. Bann, Paul Delaroche: History Painted, London, 1997, pp. 164-167.

Provenance:

Commissioned directly from Paul Delaroche by Queen Marie Amelie, 1831. Queen Marie Amelie, Palais de Tuilleries, Paris, until 1848, and Claremont House, Surrey, until her death in 1866. By descent to her son, Duc de Nemours, Bushy House, Twickenham. Possibly, by descent to his son. Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 18 January 1980, lot 110, as 'Fleury Francois Richard, A Queen and her Retinue at Worship'. Anonymous sale; Christie’s, London 14 December 1989, lot 59, as 'German School 19th Century, The Offering at the Shrine'. Acquired at the above sale by the late husband of the present owner.