Lot 36: Attributed to Louis-Joseph Le Lorrain (Paris 1715-1759 St Petersburg)

Name: Attributed to Louis-Joseph Le Lorrain (Paris 1715-1759 St Petersburg)
Brand: Christie's
SKU: b03d5c09a1

Est: £4,000 GBP - £6,000 GBPSold:

Christie'sLondon, United KingdomNovember 04, 2010

Item Overview

Description

Attributed to Louis-Joseph Le Lorrain (Paris 1715-1759 St Petersburg)
Tobit burying the dead in defiance of the orders of Sennacherib
oil on panel, unframed
15 x 19½ in. (38.1 x 49.5 cm.)

Artist or Maker

Louis Joseph Le Lorrain

Notes

VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 17.5% on the buyer's premium.
The present lot depicts a scene in the story of Tobit taken from the Book of Tobit in the Apocrypha. A pious Jew, Tobit provided proper burials for fallen Israelites slain by the Assyrian King Sennacherib according to the precepts of Hebrew law. For his defiance of the King's orders all his property was seized and Tobit was exiled.

Auction Details

The Collection of the Late John Appleby: A Channel Island Treasure House

Christie's

November 04, 2010, 12:00 AM GMT

85 Old Brompton Road, London, LDN, SW7 3LD, UK

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