Charlemagne and Hildegard at the Panthéon

Result EUR93,000

Published on 12 October 2022, by Philippe Dufour

Auction on 25 September 2022 - 14:00 (CEST) - 1, rue de la Crouzette - 34170 Montpellier - Castelnau-le-Lez

Here Baron Gros, the painter with the Napoleonic style trying his hand at grand history painting, was followed by a Van Dongen print and a Ming sculptural head lead the way in final results.

Antoine-Jean Gros, aka Baron Gros (1771-1835), Charlemagne and Hildegard, sketch... Charlemagne and Hildegard at the Panthéon

Antoine-Jean Gros, aka Baron Gros (1771-1835), Charlemagne and Hildegard, sketch for the dome of the Panthéon, original canvas, 128.5 x 128 cm/50.6 x 50.4 in.
Result: €93,000

At this inaugural sale in Castelnau-le-Lez, the recently founded auction house Farran Enchères presented several remarkable pieces, starting with a famous drawing on canvas of Charlemagne and Hildegard by Antoine-Jean Gros, aka Baron Gros . This sketch for the dome of the…

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The Lighthouses, Inaugural Sale

Sunday 25 September 2022 - 14:00 (CEST) - Live

1, rue de la Crouzette - 34170 Montpellier - Castelnau-le-Lez

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Reappearance of a Sketch for the Panthéon by Baron Gros

Missing since the post-mortem sale of the French neoclassical and pre-Romantic painter, this sketch for the dome of the Panthéon—under which Victor Hugo and Jean Moulin lie buried—is up for sale with a new Montpellier auction house.