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Lot 287: CHARLES-DÉSIRÉ HUE

Est: $20,000 USD - $30,000 USD
Sotheby'sNew York, NY, USOctober 24, 2006

Item Overview

Description

FRENCH, 1842-1899
THE KING CANDAULE

measurements
28 1/2 by 23 1/2 in.

alternate measurements
72.5 by 59.5 cm

signed Charles Hue and dated 1864 (lower right)

oil on panel

EXHIBITED

Possibly, Paris, Salon, 1864, no. 969

NOTE

The subject is taken from Herodotus' Stories and shows the Lydian Queen Rodolphe slowly undressing, admired by her husband King Candaule. Meanwhile, lieutenant Gyges, hidden behind a curtain, admires the nude queen.
Several artists painted this subject, including seventeenth century Dutch painters such as Eglon-Hendrick can der Neer and Franz von Mieris the Elder. Chasseriau painted a Candaule roi de Lydie in 1850, and Gérôme made his own version in 1859 (Museo de Arte, Ponce, Puerto Rico.)
This painting is very typical of the Pompeian style, so popular in France during the 1850-1860s, due primarily to Prince Napoleon's Pompeian House, located on Avenue Montaigne, in Paris.

Artist or Maker

Auction Details

19th Century European Art

by
Sotheby's
October 24, 2006, 12:00 AM EST

1334 York Avenue, New York, NY, 10021, US