Hugues MERLE (Le Sône 1822 - Paris 1881) Abraham Banishing H - Lot 278

Hugues MERLE (Le Sône 1822 - Paris 1881) Abraham Banishing Hagar and Ishmael Original canvas Signed and dated lower left: Hugues Merle 1872 Old restorations Provenance: Joseph Craven Collection, London, sale June 9, 1877, no. 71. Marshall Collection, Kaye Knowles Collection, sale May 15, 1888, no. 5, bought by Agnew. London sale, Sotheby's, November 23, 1992, no. 588. Seymour Stein Collection, New York sale, Sotheby's, December 11, 2003, no. 94. Bibliography: Michaël Vottero, "Hugues Merle (1822-1881) Peinture de genre et marché de l'art sous le Second Empire", Bulletin de la Société de l'Histoire de l'Art français, year 2011(published 2012), p. 197, n°149 (repr.p.198) Dimensions: 53.5 x 91.5 cm. Expert : Cabinet Turquin. Paris.