Théodore Chassériau (FRENCH, 1819-1856)
Lot 377 PROPERTY FROM THE SELIGMANN COLLECTION

Théodore Chassériau (FRENCH, 1819-1856)

Portrait of a gentleman (After Le gentilhomme à l'épée)

Closed8 October 2015

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Théodore Chassériau (FRENCH, 1819-1856)
Portrait of a gentleman (After Le gentilhomme à l'épée)
signed and inscribed 'Th Chassériau/ apres Van Dyck.' (upper right)
oil on canvas
24 x 19 3/4 in. (61 x 50.2 cm.)

André Seligmann, Paris;
Confiscated from the above by the Einsatzstab Reichsleiter Rosenberg (ERR inventory no. Sel 23) before November 1940 and taken to the German Embassy, Paris;
Recovered by the Monuments Fine Arts and Archives Section from Alt Aussee (no. 327);
Transferred to the Munich Central Collecting Point, June 26, 1945 (MCCP no. 401);
Transferred to The Republic of France, September 19, 1946;
Restituted to the heirs of André Seligmann;
By descent to the present owner.

Specialist note

The present work is a fragment after the original composition by Anthony Van Dyck. We are grateful to Peter Miller for his assistance in cataloging this work.