Raden Saleh (1811-1880)

Indonesian painter Raden Saleh, with his latest appearance on the Paris market, achieved another success with an exotic landscape bathed in light.

This painting by Raden Saleh, coming on the market for the first time, has a curious history: the unsigned picture was left as a pledge by the artist with a Paris jeweller.

In this wild bull hunt by Raden Saleh, the horses roll terrified eyes, rearing up in a movement of panic, and the horsemen are poised to strike. The undulating landscape, bathed in a golden light, seems very distant from the drama taking place before...

Though Saleh’s Chemin descendant du mont Megamendung did not quite achieve the record previously established by the Javanese artist - €8,928,000 for a work in 2018 – it still doubled its low estimate, reaching a total of €2,210,000. It was acquired by the German art connoisseur Edouard Cassalette.

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.

Le Douanier Rousseau, Raden Saleh, Raoul Dufy and a world record for Georges Kars… A winning quartet in a sale dedicated to modern art. 

Rather than the sidewhiskers so common in Russia at the time, it is the impressive mop of curly hair, matt complexion and blue eyes that enable this to be identified as a portrait of Alexander Pushkin – after all, his great grandfather was a native of...

A Kashmir sapphire and three leopards painted in lacquer by Jean Dunand attracted generous prices at auction.

The opening of the Drouot season is marked by "Oeuvres Choisies", on view from September 21 – 23 in Room 9, a particularly sumptuous selection of aristocratic finery as well as some choice memorabilia from French celebrities past and present.

The archeological site of Hegra, an important city in the Nabataean kingdom, has opened. Located in the desert north of AlUla, Hegra, also known as Mada'in Saleh, has been left nearly undisturbed for 2,000 years. The rock-cut constructions share similarities with Petra, located a few hundred miles north in Jordan.