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Paris, France, France
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Autour de la duchesse de Berry | Online
Collection Hubert Guerrand-Hermès, Autour de la duchesse de Berry | Online
Hubert Guerrand-Hermès was passionate about Marie-Caroline de Bourbon-Sicile, Duchess of Berry, a fantastic historical icon of the 19th century. The destiny of this French princess could not have been more epic and romantic: married at 18 to the son of Charles X, the Duc de Berry, widowed at 22, exiled at 32, she fought ceaselessly to have the rights of her son Henri V to the throne of France recognised. She finally found refuge in Italy, before dying in 1870 at Brünnsee Castle in Austria.
A free and unconventional woman, from her early years in Paris the Duchess de Berry played an active role in cultural life and aroused the curiosity of the artists who gravitated around the court of Charles X. Through her many purchases at the Salons, she encouraged many of the painters of her time and built up a first-rate library. The bindings she commissioned made her library one of the most admired of the period, and were all masterpieces from the golden age of French bookbinding. An artist herself, cultured, free and passionate, the Duchess of Berry inspired many painters and designers. Like men of letters such as Chateaubriand, Dumas and Lamartine, many painters wanted to put her at the centre of one of their works.
"It was the beginning of a real passion, and it hasn't left me since", wrote collector Hubert Guerrand-Hermès in the catalogue for the exhibition Entre cour et jardin, dedicated to the Duchess and held at the Musée de l'Île de France in 2007. Over the years, Hubert Guerrand-Hermès not only collected pieces that had belonged to the Duchess, but also souvenirs such as handkerchiefs, drawings, jewellery, miniatures and paintings. He also collected works from the French royal family: Louis XVIII and, of course, Henri, Comte de Chambord, Marie-Caroline's son. The sale will also include the second part of the library.
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0772: [Reliure] 2 ouvrages en reliures à la cathédrale, l'une signée par Thouvenin.Est. €700-€1,000Lot Closed
0773: [Reliure] 2 odes à la gloire d'Augusta-Amélie de Bavière et de Marie-Christine deEst. €600-€800Lot Closed
0774: [Rosny, forêt de] Plan de la forêt de Rosny. [1825]. Plan dépliant. Étui auxEst. €300-€500Lot Closed
0775: [Tableau synoptique] Tableau synoptique du royaume de France... Paris, Paul Renouard, [vers 1830].Est. €600-€800Lot Closed
0800: After Henri Joseph Hesse | D'après Henri Joseph Hesse Portrait of the Duchess of Berry |Est. €800-€1,200Lot Closed
0801: Charles Monnet Louis, the Dauphin of France with his sons, L.XVI, L.XVIII and Charles X | Le DauphinEst. €800-€1,200Lot Closed
0802: French School, 18th Century | Ecole française du XVIIIe siècle Portraits of the Counts ofEst. €2,000-€3,000Lot Closed
0803: French School, 18th Century | Ecole française du XVIIIe siècle Presentation of the CharterEst. €800-€1,200Lot Closed
0804: A pair of Samson porcelain jars and covers, late 19th-early 20th century | Paire de pots couverts enEst. €300-€500Lot Closed
0805: A gilt-brass mounted leather casket, 19th century | Coffret en maroquin et laiton doré, XIXeEst. €150-€200Lot Closed
0806: A seditious engraving, late 18th century | Gravure séditieuse de la fin du XVIIIe siècleEst. €60-€80Lot Closed
0807: French School, 19th Century | Ecole française du XIXe siècle The King's Game board |Est. €8,000-€12,000Lot Closed
0808: Claude-Louis Desrais Allegory of the royal family by divine right | Allégorie de la FamilleEst. €800-€1,200Lot Closed
0809: François Edme Ricois View of the Château de Bagatelle | Vue du château de BagatelleEst. €800-€1,200Lot Closed
0810: French, 19th century, after Francois-Joseph Bosio (1768-1845) | France, XIXe siècle, d'aprèEst. €800-€1,200Lot Closed
0811: French, 19th century | France, XIXe siècle Henri IV and his minister Sully | Henri IV et SullyEst. €1,500-€2,000Lot Closed
0812: Two gold-mounted boites-à-miniatures, Paris, late 18th century | Deux boites-à-miniaturesEst. €1,000-€1,500Lot Closed
0813: A set of objects, 19th and 20th centuries Estimate: Estimate: 400 - 600 EUR 400 - 600 EUREst. €400-€600Lot Closed
0814: Twelve Indian ink and watercolour playing cards by Armand-Gustave Houbigant, mid-19th century |Est. €50-€80Lot Closed
0815: French School, 19th Century | Ecole française du XIXe siècle A) The inauguration of theEst. €1,000-€1,500Lot Closed
0816: Joseph Boze Portrait of Louis XVIII, King of France | Portrait du roi Louis XVIII Estimate:Est. €3,000-€5,000Lot Closed
0817: French School, 18th Century | Ecole française du XVIIIe siècle Bust of Louis XVIII | BusteEst. €300-€400Lot Closed
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