Catalogue of the Albert Spencer Collection of foreign paintings · 2012. 8. 7. · CATALOGUE ofthe...

CATALOGUEof the

Albert Spencer Collection1

of

Foreign PaintingsThey -will be on ex-• hibition at the •

Fifth ^Avenue zArt Galleries366 Fifth Avenue

Each day and evening (Sunday

excepted), from Monday, Feb'

ruary 20th, until Tuesday,

February 28th, at noon . . .

They will he Sold at ^Auction at

Cbickering HallFifth Avenue, corner of Eighteenth Street

On Tuesday Evening, February 28th

At half-past seven o'clock

&£ew York, 1888

ORTGIES <Sr CO. R. SOMERVILLEAuctioneers

GILUM BROTHERS A TURttURC

ART AGE PRESS

MEW TOHK

PREFACE

1K/TR- SPENCER'S Collection has for

years been celebrated for its high

standard of excellence, for the great care

and liberality with which it has been

selected, for the irreproachable pedigree of

each work, andfor its almost unique rep-

resentation of the great masters of the

school of TSarbi^on

The productions of thesefamouspainters

are now widely scattered, and each year

get more securely placed, therefore the dis-

persion of this very choice collection offers

opportunities which can seldom occur

5

These pictures are so generally and so

favorably known that it is unnecessary

to say more than to call attention to their

perfect condition, and to the fact that they

-will be sold in goodfaith

INDEXof the numbers of the Paintings,

Names and distinctions of the Art-

ists represented in this collection

BARYE(A.L.)dec'd Paris

Born in Part's

Pupil of Bozio and Gros.

Medals, 1831

Legion of Honor, i8jj

Officer Legion of Honor, 1855

Member of the Institute of France, 1868

Born, iygs. Died, i8yj

BOLDINI {G.

Born in Ferrara, Italy

Paris

8, 20

BRETON (Jules) Paris

Born in Courrieres, 1827

Pupil of Devigne & Drolling

Medals, 1853-5J-39-6Z

Medals, London, Vienna and Brussels

Ribbon of St. Stanislas of Russia

Legion of Honor, 1861

Medal of the First Class and Officer

Legion of Honor at the Universal

Ex., 1867

Medal of Honor, Salon, 1872

Knight of the Order of Leopold, 1881

Corresponding Member of the Acad-

emies of Vienna, Stockholm andMadrid

Member of the Institute of France, 188668

COROT (/. B. C.) dec'd . Paris

Born in Paris

Pupil of V. Berlin

Medals, 1838-48-55-67


Officer of the Legion of Honor, 1867

Diploma to the memory of deceased

artists, Exposition Universal, 1878

Born, 1796. Died, 187534, 59

DAUBIGNY(C.F.) dec'd . Paris

Born in Paris

Pupil of Delaroche

Medals, 1848-53-55-57-59-67


Officer of Legion of Honor, 1874

Diploma to memory of deceased artists

1878

Born, 1817. Died, 187825, 60

DECAMPS (A. G.) dec'd . Paris

Born in Paris

Pupil of Pujol

Medals, 1831-34

Chevalier of the Legion of Honor, i83g


Born, 1803. Died, i860

35

DELACROIX (Eugene) dec'd Paris

Born in Charenton

Pupil of Guirin

Medals, 1824-48

Medal of Honor, 1855


Officer, 1846

Commander, i8jj

Member of the Institute, 1857

Born, 1798. Died, 1863

33, S3

DIAZ (N.) dec'd . . . Paris

Born in BordeauxMedals, 1844-46-48


1



Born, 1807. Died, 1876

4, 9, '3, '7, 22, 26, 29, 32, 36, 39, 43, 45, 48, si, $5% 64

DOMINGO (I.) . , . Paris

Born in Madrid49

DUPRE (Jules) • • Paris

Born in Nantes, 1812Medals, 1833-67Legion 0/ Honor, i84g


S, '9> 3o, 37

FROMENTIN(E.)dec'd . Paris

Born in La RochellePupil of CabatMedals, 1849-57-59-67Legion of Honor, 1859Officer of the Legion of Honor, 1867Diploma to the memory of deceased

artists, Exposition Universal, 1878Born, 1820. Died, 1876

18, 27, 38, 61, 65

GEROME(J.L.) . . Paris

Born in Vesoul, 1824Pupil of P. DelarocheMedals, 1847-48-55Legion of Honor, 1855Member of the Institute of France,

1865One of the Eight Grand Medals ofHonor, 1867

Officer of the Legion of Honor, 1867Grand Medal of Honor, 1874Commander of the Legion of Honor,1878

Medal for Sculpture, 1878Grand Medal of Honor, 1878Professsor in the school of the BeauxArts

66

HAMON (J. L.) dec'd . . Paris

Born, in Plouha

Pupil of P. Delaroche

Medals, 1853-55-67


Born, 1821. Died, 18742, 12

1SABEY (L. G. E.) dec'd . Paris

Born in Paris

Pupil of his Father

Medals, 1824-27-35



Born, 1804. Died, 1887.

KNAUS(L.) . . . Berlin

Born in Wiesbaden, 182Q

Pupil of the Dusseldorf AcademyMedals, 1853-55-57-59


Grand Medal of Honor, 1867


Professor in the Academy, Berlin

Member of the Academies of Berlin,

Vienna, Munich, Amsterdam, Ant-

werp and Christiana

Knight of the Prussian Order ofMerit

Medals at Berlin, Vienna and MunichWeimar Gold Medalfor ArtProfessor in the Berlin AcademyGrand Medal of Honor, Antwerp, 1880

62

'5i 23, 50, 57

MEISS0N1ER (J. L. E.) . Paris

Born in Lyons, 1813

Pupil of Cogniet

Medals, 1840-41-43-48

Legion 0/ Honor, 1846



Member of the Institute of France,

1861

Honorary Member of the R. A. , London

One of the eight Grand Medals of

Honor, 1867

Commander of the Legion of Honor,

1867


Grand Officer of the Legion of Honor,

1878

MILLET (J. F.) dec'd . . Paris

Born in Greville

Pupil of P. Delaroche

Medals, 1833-64-67


Diploma to the Memory of deceased

artists, Exposition Universal^ 1878

Born, 1814. Died, 1875

11, 24, 40, 44, 47, 54

PLASSAN(A.E.) . . Paris

Born in Bordeaux, 1817

Medals, 1832-37-59

Medal, Centennial Exp., Phila., 1876

Legion of Honor, 1859', 7

ROUSSEAU (Tl?eo.)decyd . Paris

Born in Parts

Pupil of Lethiere

Medals, 1834-40-55

Legion 0/ Honor, 1852

One of the eight Grand Medals of Honor,

1867



Born, 1812. Died, 1867

14, 21, 28, 31, 41, 46, 58

SCHREYER (Ad.) . . Paris

Born in Frankfort, 1828

Pupil Stadel Institute, Frankfort

Medals, 1864-65-67

Court Painter to the Grand Duke of

Mecklenburg, 1862

Medal at Brussels, 1863

Chevalier of the Order of Leopold, 1866

Medal at Vienna, 18j

j

Medal at Munich, 1876

Member of the Academies of Antzverp

and Potterdam67

STEVENS (Alfred) . . Paris

Born in Brussels, 1828

Pupil of Roqueplan

Gold Medal at Brussels, 1851

Medals, 1853-55-67


*3

Officer of the Legion of Honor, i8trj

Commander of the Order of Leopold

First-class Medal, Exposition Univer-

sal, 1878

Grand Officer of the Order of Leo-

pold, 1881

Commander of the Saranian Order ofSt. Michael

Commander of the Order of Ferdinand

of Austria10

TROYON {Constant) dec'd . Paris

Born in Sevres

Pupil of Rivereux

Medals^ 1838-40-46-48-35

Legion of Honor, i84g

Born, 1810. Died, 186516, 56, 63

Catalogue of Ci^ilritjs

>s

4

DIAZ (N. de^la j?en*0^^^ttfte pet ©os

From the Chailloux Collection, Paris

DUPRfi (Jules) ~f^ a,. gS^jP* //

From the collection of Durand-Ruel, Paris

BARYfc (A. L.) ^ ^a Cfger at piav ^

nX x 9

(A water color drawing)

7

PLASSAN (Emile)^ ^

£>n t^e ^ttnc—near TBofjSjstjse

18

BOLDINI (G.)P8^

a. Coquette x //<w4X x SH /

9DIAZ (N. de la Pena)

©roup of dflotoergj ***>'

6 x 4^ (oval)

From the Souty Collection, Paris

10

STEVENS (Alfred) £* -^

Painted for and purchased from M. LeRoy,r,Paris ^^^^

II

MILLET (Jean Francois)

after ^at^mg^

Fromthe collec^^of'l^Perrau, Paris

19

HAMON a^Jllow on a ©tjStt

l$# X 12

From the Beurnonville sale, April, 1880

DIAZ (N. de la Pena)

From the Petit Collection, Paris

ROUSSEAU (Theodore)

a Lone €ni—autumn

^ ** Giyenby the artist to a charity sate

v 15 ^

KNAUS (Prof. Ludwig)

Leg; amourss ct less possess

6 lA x 9

Received direct from the artist

•

i6

TROYON (Constant)

C^e $HD €>a6« €avlv autumnSA$u: S&* 2I

£Sz;^From the F. J. Gsell Collection, Vienna ^

DIAZ (N. de la Pena) <^W-Ca Uouautt of flotaerjs ^

12 X 15^

From the collection of M. Gerard, Paris

-

FROMENTIN (Eugene)

fov$t Crafting in t^e dessert

DUPRE (Jules)

filing l$oat itf a ^torm. ,8X32 ^

/ j20,

BOLDINI (G.) Cl^ J^yX^\

isoutyzv in I)tjs ^tnDto

From the Everard Collection

21

ROUSSEAU (Theodore)

C^e aaiafttjs of 713atibi?on

From the Chailloux Collection, Paris

22


Cuptti jS Lesson


23


i^cau of a I5nmettc^ C^x IO*


jV*

24

MILLET (Jean Francois) A.

teeagant Ottoman mh Cîlti

Sold by M, Sensier to Durand-Ruel, thenceto the collection of M. Perrau, of Paris

25

DAUBIGNY (Charles Francois)

a Late ûfnmcr afternoonNear Auvers, on the river Oise

26 x 14

From the Petit Collection

26


; ^ $age ant) ôwntusio^ x 15 >£


FROMENTIN (Eugene)

a Xoar iûnt23 x 15

From the collection of M. Moreau, Paris

f* "Z W

28 If

RQ1JSSEAU (Theodore) ,

Etched by Larat for the catalogue of LaurentRichard, Paris, 1878, when it was sold at auction

for 18,000 francs; resold in the De Beurnonville

collection of 1880

20

DIAZ (N. de la Pejial / c

after JKain—^uttDoton

14 x 10

30

DUPRfi (Jules) .

^unm in autumn

15K x 9*A

24

3i

ROUSSEAU {Theodore) _^Che Katrines pf aptemont

This picture was one of 109 paintings by this

master which were collected and exhibited byMr. Durand-Ruel at the Arts' Club in the RueChoisel, in June, 1867, and to which was append-ed this description :

" A storm has just ended,the rainbow describes in the distance its manycolored arch. This study was painted before

the pine trees were planted, and which hasrobbed this arena of its arid and melancholy

9 character."—From the collection of M. Marmon-tel, Professor at the Paris Conservatoire of Music

i-*"-—DIAZ (N_ de la Pena)

^^i fiesta

From the Bonnet Collection, Paris

to

33

DELACROIX (Eugene)

w C^rtjSt at t^c Comb/v •

ff18 X 21

From the Edwards Collection, and etched in

the Laurent-Richard Collection of April, 1873,when \\ was sold for 29,000 francs

y.

34

COROT (Jean Baptiste Camille)

Near Ville DM\j£> o

28 x 23 y <uT~D

From the collection of M. Edwards, banker, of

Paris

35

DECAMPS (Alexandre-Gabriel)

Etched by Desbrosses for ttfe OppenheimCatalogue, April, 1877; has also been in the

Meyer and Secretan Collections

36

DIAZ (N. de^k^Pena) ^^lantijscape—anDer$iatioiaj

I2>S X 9


7^

37

DUPRE (Jules^ fcf^xCofiage at V%m #&ara

38

FROMENTIN (Eugene)

Purchased at the sale; of M. Lepel-Cointet,

Paris, 1 88

1

39

DIAZ (N. de la Pena) ^ ^ ^Painted for and purchased from M. Le Roy,

Paris

40

MILLET (Jean Fran£ois)__ ir-^5

©tana asepoiamgtl% X lS'A

Etched in the Galerie de Durand-Ruel, fromthe collection of M. Balensi, banker of Paris

27

4*

ROUSSEAU (Theodore)

From the collection of M. rfermann, violinist

of Paris

MEISSÎERÛE.)

a ^>tanbarD Nearer of tê

itflcmtsty Citoil (BuarD

Etched by Greux for the Oppenheim sale,

April, 1877

DIAZ (N. de^te Pena.)

anbofce tlje €louD?i?

A study for one of the figures in a life size

composition, called " Souls aspiring to Heaven."This elaborate study was a particular favorite

with the artist, he refused to sell it and kept it in

his studio during his life, after which it waspurchased from his son, who is a composer of

music

28

44

MILLET (Jean Frangois)

^ Well known by tflejarge etching made byMillet

45


C^e assumption of ttc^irgm

/ 6

From the collection of Leopold de See, banker,

of Paris

ROUSSEAU (Theodore)

This picture was one of iocfjDaintings by this

master, which were collected and exhibited byM. Durand-Ruel, at the Arts' Club, in the RueChoisel, June 1867, and was thus described:" The mound of John of Paris—Forest of Fon-tainebleau, effect of bare ground and ruggedtrees, seen against an early winter twilight,

tones of faded pink." This was an especial

favorite with Rousseau; it has figured in the

collection of Mess. Marmontel and Rousseau,(an amateur and not a relative of the artist)

29

47 I 1 11MILLET (Jean Francois)

Etched by Cburtry for the Hosched£ Catalogue,

April, 1875, also in the Perrau collection. Thispainting is a variation of a larger work exhibited

in the Salon of 1857

48


©emigs anu CupiD .ZCr** S/z x I2y2 ^>

From the Perrau Collection, Paris

49

DOMINGO (G.) ., ^Cart) jpla'fi.apcrg

Received 'direct from the artist

5 *jXi*jf~C


6^x9Received direct from the artist

30

«/n


^cene from tyz " Decameron

"

12^ X 16 V^^From the Collection Pareire, Paris

/

MEISSONIER (J. L. E.)

Kt** a jttujstctan .

U-*f^ * 8 x io# $^W /^ *?/c^Once in the collection of Baron Goethals,

Belgian Minister of War, and purchased at thesale of the collection of M. Mylius of Genoa.Sold at Rome, 1879

53

DELACROIX (Eugene)

15 x 10 •*-*

From the collection of Paul de Laage, Paris

54

MILLET (Jean Francois)

ur< Sleeping Wsmm,*- <

Painted before the artist went to live at Bar-bizon. From the Edwards Collection

31

l °r»'

55 /'ftDIAZ (N. de la Pena)

From the Petit and Moreau Collections, Paris

TROYON (ConstantJ^^g^fe^

. \ U** bnepherd ana Sfieep "* -

From the Le Roy and Rousseau Collections

57


©robt of £s>tmnc—Abetting

14 x 18

Received from the artist direct

58

ROUSSEAU (Theodore)

fear the edge of Fontainebleau forest

i7 lA x 11

From the collection of M. Tedesco

700

59| 7^l)

COROT (Jean Bap^teCaîlle)

a, farm jfoiution f

From the collection of M. Edwards, Parision of M. Edware

DAUBIGNY (Charles Francois)

0pt&!3imtmcr—€Dac of a i|onti

32 x 18 ^«-« *^ ;H~***'i5v

From the collection of M. Edwards, Paris N^

FROMENTIN (Eugene^ 0/<^^f .

6 r^J ara^faJsejT^^ r

28x42^ ,^t~yA*Painted for M. Durand-Ruel, etcheefby Milius

for the catalogue of Lepel-Cointet, Paris, andpurchased from that collection, June, 1881

62

ISABEY (L. G. E.)

a fete at tê iôtel Earn*

boirillet, parte- Time of Louis XIII.

35 x 25

From the>£etit Collection, Paris

ISO

^

{$:$ 63 lytuA\

i \ TROYON (Constant) n . y

^*

\moM of Cattle am ^ccp

<(j I

/**//&?>-A* 39 x 26 pVoii * From the Bonnet Collection, Paris / \

64 //

DIAZ (N. -de la Pena) r£- ^s

39 x 30

From the Verdier and Faure Collections, Paris

65

FROMENTIN (EugeneW .-

momen of t^c^lj^Saplsj—

28^ x 42X

Painted for M. Durand-Ruel, in the Salon of

1867. Sold (1870) to the late Mr. Edward Mat-thews, of New York, and purchased from him

34

]r0

66

GEROME (Jean Lepr>)

$ kit ^cnt^a^ncrReceived from the artist direct

67

SCHREYER (Adolphe)

C^e antiancc ©uarD47 x 33K


68

BRETON (Jules)

#2 < 77 x 461

Received direct from the artist. Salon, 1880.

This picture (Evening), now in the Salon, andpurchased by Mr. * * * *, was inspired bythe stanza which ends my poem—"Les Sar-cleuses."—Jules Breton, June 3, 1880.

" Still lingering,

Below the flaming prisms of the sunset glow,

Outflowing from infinity, the pure celestial atoms

35

Float in iridescence through the aroma-ladened air,

where

The azure blue still trembles ineffable and pale

;

'T is the hour of exquisite delight, when, forgetting

The snares of the world and its bitter pains,

The soul freely opens its wings to aimless fancy,

While the globules of gold quiver in the fading light,

As the blushing horizon returns a tender glance.

Rise, silvery mists,

From the graceful forms of the weary weeders,

Lengthening your opaline shadows in the fields,

Where evening drops her sparkling jewels.

Oh, maidens, the evening, in rays of fire sublime,

Bathes your bodies, and reigns in scarlet glory on

your brows,

Oh, daughters, prostrate yourselves and adore the

sun."

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