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OUEST ENCHERES PUBLIQUES NANTES & RENNES

470 - Ferdinand BIROTHEAU (1819–1892).
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Estimate €300 - €500
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Description
Ferdinand BIROTHEAU (1819–1892). Presumed portrait of Mr Alexandre Henri Marie Pigault de Beaupré (1814–1877). Oil on canvas, oval format, signed and dated 1877 in the centre left (stains, hole in the collar). Height: 74 cm – Width: 60 cm Born in La Roche-sur-Yon, Ferdinand Birotheau exhibited at the Paris Salon before making Rennes the centre of his career: there he became the official portraitist to the local elite and died in 1892. The Musée des Beaux-Arts in Rennes holds several of his portraits of figures from Rennes, including those of Jean-Baptiste Martenot, Jules Jan, Rallier du Baty and Canon Duver. Lot from a voluntary sale.
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About the sale Quintessence IV – Part 2: Furniture & Works of Art
Auction location
Auction time 10/17/2026 at 2:00 PM
Lot description modified on 10/07/2026 at 3:23 PM
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