Leon Augustin L'hermitte (French, 1844-1925) Chapelle de Pont Christ
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Leon Augustin L'hermitte (French, 1844-1925)
Chapelle de Pont Christ
signed 'L.Lhermitte' (lower right), bears title and artist's name and address on a label attached to the reverse
black chalks
60 x 45cm (23 5/8 x 17 11/16in).
Sold for £4,200 inc. premium

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  • PROVENANCE:
    Jerrold Morris Gallery, Toronto;
    Ex. Coll. of the Hon. Miss N. Philipson, London (according to the gallery label);
    Private collection, Canada

    While the present work does not appear in Monique Le Pelley Fonteny's Catalogue Raisonné (Paris, 1991), the subject of women at prayer was used by the arist in many similar works; see for example Chapelle du Saint-Sang à Bruges ou La Prière (1894, cat. res. no. 517, illustrated p.418).

Category: Fine Art / 19th Century Paintings

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