Live Auction 1186The Collection of Professor Sir Albert Richardson, P.R.A.
Follower of Richard Parkes Bonington
Lot 536

Follower of Richard Parkes Bonington

A view of Abbeville, France, with figures in the foreground, the church of St. Vulfran beyond

Closed19 September 2013

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Follower of Richard Parkes Bonington
A view of Abbeville, France, with figures in the foreground, the church of St. Vulfran beyond
oil on board
10 x 8¼ in. (25.4 x 20.9 cm.)

Leggatt Brothers, London, where acquired by March 1952.

Specialist note

The collegiate Church of St. Vulfran received the relics of St. Wulfran of Sens from the Comte du Ponthieu in 1058. The same family enriched the building in the 15th century. During the French Revolution the church was turned into a Temple of Reason.