Live Auction 7818Spanish Splendour - The Collection of a Marqués
Lot 102 The following six lots were originally part of an album given by the Orléans family in 1846 as a wedding present to Marie-Louise Fernande de Bourbon (Madrid 1832-1897 Sevilla), duchesse de Montpensier; later inherited by her daughter Isabelle d'Orléans; thence to Amélie, Queen of Portugal, and by descent to the Comte and Comtesse de Paris.

Joseph-Nicolas Robert Fleury (Cologne, 1797-1890 Paris)

The reception of Christopher Columbus by King Ferdinand II and Queen Isabella of Spain in Barcelona

Closed5 November 2009

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GBP 1,875

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Joseph-Nicolas Robert Fleury (Cologne, 1797-1890 Paris)
The reception of Christopher Columbus by King Ferdinand II and Queen Isabella of Spain in Barcelona
signed and dated 'Robert Fleury 1846'
pencil, pen and grey ink, watercolour, gum arabic
11 x 17½ in. (28 x 44.4 cm.)

Originally part of an album given by the Orléans family in 1846 as a wedding present to Marie-Louise Fernande de Bourbon (Madrid 1832-1897 Sevilla), duchesse de Montpensier;
Her daughter Isabelle d'Orléans;
Amélie, Queen of Portugal, and by descent to the Comte and Comtesse de Paris.

Specialist note

This composition shows Christopher Columbus being received by King Ferdinand II and Queen Isabella after his return to Spain. He undertook three journeys across the Atalantic, between 1492 and 1504.