Auction on
02 December 2021 - 15:00 (CET) -
Salle 9 - Hôtel Drouot - 75009
Two cultures meet in the work of Raden Saleh, the Javanese painter who studied in Europe. This luxuriant landscape in Java also illustrates the exchanges between Europeans and Indonesians.
Raden Syarif Bastaman Saleh (1811 or 1814-1880), Route descendant du mont Megamendung, 1861, oil on canvas, 134 x 165.5 cm/52.8 x 65.2 in. Estimate: €1/1.5 M
Raden Syarif Bastaman Saleh (1811 or 1814-1880), Route descendant du mont Megamendung, 1861, oil on canvas, 134 x 165.5 cm/52.8 x 65.2 in. Estimate: €1/1.5 M
Bought directly from the artist by Dutch dealer and keen art lover Eduard Cassalette, the painting has stayed in the same family until now. this work adds to the corpus of an artist rarely found at auction: Raden Saleh. This Indonesian prince crisscrossed Europe for 23 years, meeting with considerable success. As a protégé of French painter Horace Vernet, Saleh exhibited at the 1847…
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