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Joseph Nash
Description
- Joseph Nash
- La chambre de la reine Marie-Amélie à Claremont
- Signé et daté en bas à gauche J. Nash 1866
- Aquarelle et rehauts de gouache sur papier
- 40,5 x 58cm; 15 7/8 by 22 3/4 in
Condition
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Catalogue Note
Des portraits de membres de la famille royale sont visibles sur les murs, et l’on distingue notamment un Portrait de Louis-Philippe, un Portrait du Prince de Joinville par Franz-Xaver Winterhalter, un Portrait du duc d’Orléans par Henry Scheffer et le Duc de Montpensier par Winterhalter. De part et d'autre de la cheminée nous observons deux petits tableaux, probablement le comte de Paris et le duc de Chartres en robe de baptême, par Winterhalter. Tout au fond, nous distinguons le tableau de Philippoteaux représentant Le duc d'Orléans et le duc d'Aumale au camp d'Affroun. Sur la cheminée, enfin, sont disposées des sculptures par Marie d'Orléans, fille de Louis-Philippe et Marie-Amélie.
Une autre aquarelle de même sujet, également datée 1866, est passée en vente à l'Hôtel Drouot le 17 décembre 2007.
After the 1848 revolution, king Louis-Philippe and queen Marie-Amélie left for England where they stayed. The Claremont residence was put at their disposal by prince Léopold de Saxe-Cobourg, Belgian king and husband to Louis-Philippe and Marie-Amélie's daughter, Louise. Louis-Philippe died there in 1850. The watercolor shows Marie-Amélie's bedroom. Royal portraits are visible on the walls : Louis-Philippe's portrait, a Portrait of the Prince de Joinville by Franz-Xaver Winterhalter, a Portrait of the duc d'Orléans by Henry Scheffer and the Duc de Montpensier by Winterhalter. By the chimney, two other portraits by Winterhalter probably represent the Comte de Paris and the duc de Chartres in their christening robe; in the background, one can see the painting of the Affroun camp with the duc d'Orléans and the duc d'Aumale by Philippoteaux; finally, sitting on the chimney are sculptures executed by Marie d'Orléans, daughter of Louis-Philippe and Marie-Amélie.