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265 - Henry BENBRIDGE (1743-1812) Portrait of Pascal Paoli in gree…
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Estimate €200,000 - €300,000
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Henry BENBRIDGE (1743-1812) Portrait of Pascal Paoli in green suit, 1768 Oil on canvas. Large giltwood frame surmounted by a coat of arms of Scotland H. 208 cm - W. 150 cm Provenance : - 1768 -1957: Commissioned by James Boswell ( 1740 - 1795 ) from the painter Henry Benbridge, the painting is preserved in the family home in Auchinleck, Ayreshire, Scotland. - 1957-1974 : By inheritance it enters the family of Mr and Mrs John P. D. Boswell, Auchinleck. 1974: Put up for by Thomas Agnew & Sons, art dealers based in London. - 1974 - 1979: The painting became the property of Mr John D. Rockefeller III and Blanchette Hooker Rockefeller, New York and becomes part of this prestigious collection. - 1979 : FAMSF (Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco). The painting is deposited at the De Young Memorial Museum in San Francisco - 2020 : The painting is acquired by a collector and returns to Corsica. Exhibitions : - 1769: exhibited in Livorno - 1769: presented, at his request, to the Grand Duke of Tuscany in Florence 1769: exhibited at the Free Society of Artists in London - 1967: "Boswell" exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery, No. 24, London - 1971: "Henry Benbridge, 1743 - 1812, American Portrait Painter" exhibition, no. 40, Washington 1976: exhibited in San Francisco, no. 6 - 1983: Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco "A Gentleman Finery". [Truncated record - full description in catalogue]
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About the sale The Empire at Fontainebleau - Second day
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Auction time 06/21/2026 at 10:30 AM
Lot description modified on 06/10/2026 at 9:41 AM
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Michel Bury and Henri du Cray
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