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Thierry de Maigret

25 - Alexandre Bally, oil on canvas, signed and dated in the lowe…
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Estimate €1,000 - €1,500
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Alexandre Bally, oil on canvas, signed and dated in the lower right-hand corner: A. Bally, pupil of David – Year 8: Portrait of an officer, probably a commissaire des guerres, with long hair and sideburns, a curl in his right ear, wearing a blue coat with a gold-embroidered collar, a red waistcoat or jacket, and a black cravat; on the left lapel he wears the ribbon of the Order of the L‚gion d’Honneur marked: Boulogne 1804; gilded frame; 64.5 x 54 cm. (Minor restoration to the canvas and a few small areas where paint is missing). Date: Year VIII. Good condition. PROVENANCE: Thierry de MAIGRET auction, Drouot, 18 November 2021, lot no. 57. BAILLY or BALLY Alexandre, portrait painter, born in Paris in 1764, died in Marseille on 31 January 1835, a pupil of DAVID and BRENET; he made a name for himself through his portraits; he lived in Nîmes, where he taught at the École Centrale, then settled in Marseille, where he was a member of the Academy. He entered the School of the Royal Academy in 1780, and was still working there in 1787.
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About the sale Antique weapons and historical memorabilia
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Auction time 06/30/2026 at 11:00 AM
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