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Un portrait au pastel de la Comtesse d’Artois, par Joseph Boze, acquis par Versailles

18/5/11 - Acquisition - Versailles, Musée National du Château - Le 4 mai, Versailles préemptait à Drouot un tableau de François-Hubert Drouais (voir brève du 6/5/11). Quelques semaines plus tôt, chez Sotheby’s Londres, le musée national avait acquis aux enchères un autre portrait, un pastel cette fois, représentant la Comtesse d’Artois, femme du future Charles X (ill. 1), pour 37 250 livres (frais inclus).


1. Joseph Boze (1745-1826)
Portrait de la Comtesse d’Artois, 1785 (?)
Pastel - D. environ 58 cm
Versailles, Musée national du Château
Photo : Sotheby’s
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2. Joseph Boze (1745-1826)
Portrait de la Comtesse d’Artois, 1785
Huile sur toile - 86 x 66,5 cm
Suède, collection particulière
Photo : D. R.
See the image in its…

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