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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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0844: A painted embroidery on a verre églomisé, circa 1830 | Broderie sur fond de verre éEst. €300-€500Lot Closed
0845: Leopold Jely/Iely (?) The Antechamber of the Duchesse de Berry in the Pavillon de Marsan | Vue deEst. €1,200-€1,500Lot Closed
0846: Louis Ambroise Garneray View of Duchesse de Berry's bedroom in the Pavillion de Marsan | ChambreEst. €800-€1,200Lot Closed
0847: Attributed to Jean-Baptiste Isabey | Attribué à Jean-Baptiste Isabey The Duchesse de BerryEst. €2,000-€3,000Lot Closed
0848: A portrait miniature of Marie Caroline, Duchess of Berry, first half of the 19th century | PortraitEst. €300-€400Lot Closed
0849: Follower of Ary Scheffer | Suiveur de Ary Scheffer The dream of the Duchess of Berry | Le songe deEst. €2,000-€3,000Lot Closed
0850: A set of souvenirs from the French royal family, 19th century | Ensemble d'objets souvenirs de laEst. €1,300-€1,500Lot Closed
0851: Marie Caroline, duchesse de Berry The birth of the son of the Duchesse de Berry, the Duc deEst. €200-€300Lot Closed
0852: French, 19th century | France, XIXe siècle Cradle of the duc de Bordeaux | Berceau du duc deEst. €1,000-€1,500Lot Closed
0853: Alexandre-Evariste Fragonard Allegory of the Birth of the Duc de Bordeaux | Allégorie de laEst. €2,000-€3,000Lot Closed
0854: A French Restauration gilt-bronze mantel clock, circa 1830 | Pendule “à l’Enfant duEst. €300-€500Lot Closed
0855: French School, 19th Century | Ecole française du XIXe siècle Design for a medallionEst. €40-€60Lot Closed
0856: François-Augustin Caunois (1787 - 1859) A bronze medallion with the Presentation of the Duke ofEst. €100-€200Lot Closed
0857: Jean-Baptiste Isabey Portrait of the children of the Duchesse de Berry, Louise and Henri (Duc deEst. €1,500-€2,000Lot Closed
0858: A porcelain bust of the duc de Bordeaux, circa 1830 Estimate: Estimate: 500 - 800 EUR 500 - 800 EUREst. €500-€800Lot Closed
0859: Jean-Pierre Alaux Portrait of the Duc de Bordeaux at three years old | Portrait du duc de BordeauxEst. €100-€200Lot Closed
0860: A porcelain portrait of a lady, follower of Louis Hersent, circa 1830 | Portrait de jeune femme surEst. €400-€600Lot Closed
0861: Henri Charles Ferdinand Marie Dieudonné d'Artois, duc de Bordeaux A) A Gardener with his rake,Est. €700-€900Lot Closed
0862: French, 19th century | France, XIXe siècle Two busts of the Comte de Chambord as a child | DeuxEst. €800-€1,200Lot Closed
0863: French School, 18th Century | Ecole française du XVIIIe siècle Lady presenting flowers toEst. €300-€500Lot Closed
0864: A set of three engraving, mid-19th century | Ensemble de trois gravures, milieu du XIXe siècleEst. €200-€300Lot Closed
0865: Two Sèvres porcelain busts, circa 1819 Estimate: Estimate: 1,200 - 1,800 EUR 1,200 - 1,800 EUREst. €1,200-€1,800Lot Closed
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