Sotheby’s is pleased to present our 19th-Century European Art auction, featuring a number of Belle Époque masterpieces, including a magnificent beach scene by Édouard Toudouze, landscapes and scenes of rural life by leading Barbizon painters Jules Breton, Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, and Léon Lhermitte, as well as Neoclassical figures and sketches by William Bouguereau, Daniel Ridgway Knight, John William Godward, and Eugen von Blaas. The auction will also include exquisite genre and maritime scenes by leading Netherlandish, Italian, Spanish, and British painters. 

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+1 212 606 7000

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Kathryn Kremnitzer

Vice President, Head of Sale

19th Century European Paintings

+1 212 606 7140

KATHRYN.KREMNITZER@SOTHEBYS.COM

Benjamin Doller

Chairman, Americas

Executive Vice President

Impressionist & Modern Art

+1 212 606 7141

BENJAMIN.DOLLER@SOTHEBYS.COM

Margaret H Schwartz

Worldwide Head of Department

Master Sculpture & Works of Art

+1 212 606 7406

MARGI.SCHWARTZ@SOTHEBYS.COM

Eliza Hering

Researcher

Master Sculpture & Works of Art

+1 212 606 7230

ELIZA.HERING@SOTHEBYS.COM

Audrey Brennan

Pre-Sale Coordinator

19th Century European Paintings

+1 212 894 1930

AUDREY.BRENNAN@SOTHEBYS.COM