Auction on
17 November 2023 - 14:00 (CET) -
Salle 1-7 - Hôtel Drouot - 75009
Painted in Rome in 1821 by the Belgian artist François Joseph Navez (1787-1869), this popular palmistry scene transcends the genre.
François Joseph Navez (1787-1869), Scène de brigands avec la diseuse de bonne aventure (A Scene of Brigands with a Fortune-Teller), canvas, signed, localized and dated "F.I. Navez/Rome 1821", 104 x 128 cm/3.41 x 4.19 ft. Estimate: €300,000/400,000
François Joseph Navez (1787-1869), Scène de brigands avec la diseuse de bonne aventure (A Scene of Brigands with a Fortune-Teller), canvas, signed, localized and dated "F.I. Navez/Rome 1821", 104 x 128 cm/3.41 x 4.19 ft. Estimate: €300,000/400,000
"I have finished a painting, which I am sure will make an impression in your exhibition", wrote François Joseph Navez to his friend Auguste-Donat De Hemptinne in 1821, about this fortune-teller. The painter was delighted to see such admiring personalities as the artist Antonio Canova and the…
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