Lot 130: Théophile Blanchard , 1820-1849 View of the Park and the Château d'Eu oil on canvas

oil on canvas

measurements note 33 by 48 3/4 in.; 83.8 by 123.8 cm.

Royal Collection of Louis-Philippe, according to the stamp, L.P.O topped by a crown, on the back of the canvas

PROPERTY FROM THE BANK OF AMERICA ART COLLECTION
Théophile-Clément Blanchard was a French painter, lithographer and engraver active during the 1840s. Although he died young, he had a successful carreer, winning second prize in the Prix de Rome in 1841, and medalling at the Salon in both 1842 and 1843. In this expansive landscape, Blanchard captures the beauty of the Bresele river valley in eastern Normandy, complete with the landscaped grounds and renaissance-style palace of the Château d'Eu. Reconstructed during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries on the site of an earlier château, this palace was the summer residence of King Louis-Philippe from 1830 through 1848. This work appears to have been in the collection of Louis-Philippe, as the stencil on the back of the work -- the initials L.P.O topped by a crown -- indicates.