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Alexandre Céleste Gabriel PREVOST (Paris 1832–1910) Allegory…
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Alexandre Céleste Gabriel PREVOST (Paris 1832–1910) Allegory…
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Estimate €120 - €150
Voluntary lot
Description
Alexandre Céleste Gabriel PREVOST (Paris 1832–1910) Allegory of Science. Oil on canvas, signed lower left, with an inscription at the top: ‘A’. 37.5 x 19 cm. On the reverse of the stretcher, a handwritten note in blue pencil: ‘2’ or ‘9’; the canvas dealer’s stamp on the reverse of the canvas: ‘FABRIQUE DE COULEURS/ Maison MERLIN/ PAUL DENIS SUCCr/ 19, Rue Médicis/ PARIS/ CANVASES & DRAWING MATERIALS’
Provenance: a private collection from Tours focusing on the Beaux-Arts competitions and the Prix de Rome in the 19th and early 20th centuries, as well as on academic works.
A pupil of Lasalle and Jeanron. He exhibited at the Salon from 1850 onwards and was a member of the Société des Artistes Français from 1886.
A painter of genre scenes and still lifes, a portraitist, watercolourist and etcher.
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About the sale
DRAWINGS - ENGRAVINGS - PAINTINGS
Auction location
Auction time
08/25/2026 at 9:15 AM
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