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Eugene-Emmanuel Amaury-Duval (Paris 1808-1885)
Lot 1163

Eugene-Emmanuel Amaury-Duval (Paris 1808-1885)

The Coronation of the Virgin

Closed9 December 2010

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GBP 1,750

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Eugene-Emmanuel Amaury-Duval (Paris 1808-1885)
The Coronation of the Virgin
signed and dated 'AMAURY-DUVAL. 1846.' and inscribed 'Sta Mater Dei Coronata.'
pencil, pen and black ink, watercolour, heightened with gold, inscribed arch
14½ x 17 in. (37 x 43 cm.)

Specialist note

The present drawing is based on the artist's The Coronation of the Virgin in the Chapelle de la Vierge in Saint-Germain-l'Auxerrois, Paris, which was commissioned around 1845. A preparatory sketch for the composition is in the Musée Rolin, Autun.