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Four sketches by Joseph Blanc donated to Rennes by his society of friends
6/2/24 - Acquisition - Rennes, Musée des Beaux-Arts - Yesterday, the Société des amis du Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rennes (Friends of the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rennes) made a particularly relevant acquisition at Rennes Enchères, for the reasonable sum of €2,100 excluding fees. It was on February 5, 1994, exactly thirty years before this sale, that the fire at the Parlement de Nantes took place. Four small sketches by Joseph Blanc, preparatory to the tapestries that decorated the building, were acquired as a gift to the museum.
Morality, History, Philosophy, Eloquence, 1900
Oil on canvas - 41 x 33 cm each
Rennes, Musée des Beaux-Arts
Photo: Rennes Enchères
Having escaped the disaster, the tapestries…
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