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Paul Grandhomme et Gustave Moreau
'Poète mort porté par un centaure', ca. 1895Enamel with gold flakes on copperh. 7 7/8 in. (20 cm) - w. 5 3/4 in. (14,5 cm)Signed Gustave Moreau Pinx. & P. Grandhomme Emailleur
Unique pieceCOLLECTION OF THE VIRGINIA MUSEUM OF FINE ARTSCOLLECTION OF THE VIRGINIA MUSEUM OF FINE ARTSProvenance
Me Prunier, Louviers, 11th October 1998, mislabelled as ‘The Abduction of Orpheus’ - Collection of Roberto Polo, acquired at the above sale - French Private Collection, ca. 2000 - European private collection, acquired directly from the previous owner, until 2022.
Literature
Pierre-Louis Mathieu, Françoise Siess, Gustave Moreau, Supplément au Nouveau Catalogue de l’œuvre achevé, Paris, 2005, page 23, catalogue n° 526 - Catherine Carinal, ‘Le goût de l'émail des peintres dans la seconde moitié du XIXe siècle’ in Rossella Froissart, Laurent Houssais, Jean-Fran- çois Luneau, Du Romantisme à l'Art Déco, Mélanges offerts à Jean-Luc Bouillon, 2011, illustrated page 163, figure 11.
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