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GEORGES HUGUES MERLE (FRENCH, 1851–1886)
Lot 69 PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE LATE HUBERT FAURE (1919-2020)

GEORGES HUGUES MERLE (FRENCH, 1851–1886)

Esther

Closed15 July 2021

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GBP 20,000

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GEORGES HUGUES MERLE (FRENCH, 1851–1886)
Esther
signed and dated 'Hugues.Merle.1885' (lower left)
oil on canvas
57 ¼ x 37 5/8 in. (145.5 x 95.5 cm.)

Percy A. Rockefeller.
His sale; Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, 24 March 1938, lot 25 (as 'Hugues Merle' and erroneously listed as dated '1875').

Specialist note


In the present work Esther is flanked by King Ahasuerus and an attendant.