HORACE VERNET (1789 Paris 1863) Study for ‘Cholera... Lot 3228

HORACE VERNET (1789 Paris 1863) Study for ‘Cholera aboard the Melpomène’ . 1833–1834. Oil on paper laid on canvas. Signed and indistinctly dated lower left: H Vernet 183(...). 38 × 31 cm. Provenance: - Collection of Eduard Hildebrandt (1817–1868). - Estate sale of Hildebrandt 4.3.1869, Berlin, held in the artist’s home, Lot 183 (verso with the label as "Der Ausbruch der Cholera auf einem französischen / Kriegsschiffe (…)"). - Private collection, England. - Sale Lawrences Auctioneers, Crewkerne, 11.7.2014, Lot 2020 (as "Study For `The Cholera on Board The Melpomene`"). - With Daxer & Marschall Kunsthandel, Munich. - European collection. * The full tax is charged on this item marked * in the auction catalogue, i.e. VAT is charged on the sum of the bid price plus the surcharge for those items. The VAT will be refunded to Purchasers providing a validly stamped export declaration.