Pierre-Paul Prud'hon’s Unfulfilled Dream of Love

Published on 10 June 2021, by Anne Doridou-Heim

Auction on 22 June 2021 - 14:00 (CEST) - Salle 6 - Hôtel Drouot - 75009

French artist Pierre-Paul Prud'hon’s study of an unattainable love offers a fresh promise of happiness that will not get away this time.

Pierre-Paul Prud’hon (1758-1823), Étude pour la jeune femme en avant de la barque... Pierre-Paul Prud'hon’s Unfulfilled Dream of Love

Pierre-Paul Prud’hon (1758-1823), Étude pour la jeune femme en avant de la barque du tableau “Le Rêve du bonheur” (Study for the Young Woman at the Front of the Boat in the Painting “The Dream of Happiness”), pierre noire, stumps and white chalk highlights on formerly blue paper, 27 x 22 cm/10.63 x 8.66 in.
Estimate: €20,000/30,000

Pierre-Paul Prud'hon (1758-1823) led two lives. He was a neoclassical painter who caught the attention of Napoleon Bonaparte before being adulated by the imperial family, of which he painted portraits of Josephine and the king of Rome, and even taught Marie-Louise drawing. But his private life was wretched, with a forbidden love for the young…

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TABLEAUX MOBILIER & OBJETS D’ART

Tuesday 22 June 2021 - 14:00 (CEST) - Live

Salle 6 - Hôtel Drouot - 75009 Paris

Tessier & Sarrou et Associés

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This bouquet of anemones, which has stayed in the same family since purchase at the Pétridès Gallery in 1956, illustrates Leonard Tsuguharu Foujita's feeling for nature.

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High Bids for Prud'hon and Foujita

Two lovely works by Pierre-Paul Prud'hon and Léonard Tsuguharu Foujita achieved their rightful prices at this sale, which also included a portrait of pirate Barbarossa.