Catalogue des Tableaux Anciens et Modernes Objets d'Art et de Curiosite Composant les Collections de feu M. Le Duc de Morny
Paris: 1865. Hardcover. Color illus. paper-covered boards; Brown leather at spine; Original blue wraps bound inside; 154 pp.; No illustrations. Good (Boards worn at extremities; Pages discolored at edges; Some foxing; Some notes written in ink). Item #115906
From the auction of the estate of Duc de Morny after his death in 1865; de Morny was a French statesman and the half-brother of Emperor Napoleon III; Auction was held in May and June 1865 at the Palais de la Presidence du Corps Legislatif in Paris; 37 "tableaux modernes" by artists such as Watteau, Comte, Ziem, and more and 90 "tableaux anciens" by artists such as Backuysen, Cuyp, Adrien van Ostade, Rembrandt, Rubens, and more; Also included are cloisonnes, jades, bronzes, and other objets d'art; 547 total lots.
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