Live Auction 1044519th Century European Art
Heinrich Frederic Schopin (French, 1804-1880)
Lot 139

Heinrich Frederic Schopin (French, 1804-1880)

A lion attack

Closed16 April 2015

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GBP 8,125

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Heinrich Frederic Schopin (French, 1804-1880)
A lion attack
signed 'H Schopin' (lower left)
oil on canvas
17 ¾ x 23 in. (45.5 x 58.5 cm.)

Anonymous sale; Neumeister Kunstauktion, Munich, 21 March 2001, lot 959.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 17 October 2001, lot 183.

Specialist note

Heinrich Frederic Schopin was a pupil of Antoine-Jean Gros. He studied at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris from 1821 until 1831, when he travelled to Italy and won the Grand Prix de Rome.