Live Auction 7464Un hôtel particulier du Faubourg Saint-Germain The Collection of The Marquis and Marquise de Ravenel
Paul-Louis-Narcisse Grolleron (French, 1848-1901)
Lot 98

Paul-Louis-Narcisse Grolleron (French, 1848-1901)

Portrait of a boy, seated, holding an open book

Closed22 November 2007

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GBP 42,500

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Paul-Louis-Narcisse Grolleron (French, 1848-1901)
Portrait of a boy, seated, holding an open book
signed and dated 'P. Grolleron/78' (lower right)
oil on canvas
46 x 35½ in. (117 x 90.5 cm.)
Painted in 1878.

Specialist note

While he received considerable public acclaim during his lifetime for his sincere and highly finished battle scenes, Grolleron was also an accomplished and prolific portrait painter. He exhibited at the Salon de Paris from 1873.