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Château d'Artigny
92, rue de Monts
37250 Montbazon
Sunday, June 4, 2023 at 2 pm
Monday, June 5, 2023 at 2 pm
Once a year, the Rouillac Auction House organizes one of France's most prestigious art market events in a Loire Valley Castle.
This year's 35th Garden Party Auction will be held at Château d’Artigny, near Tours
from Friday, June 2 to Monday, June 5, 2023.
The public exhibition and subsequent auction are held in the Château and its surrounding park with the help of the staff of this wonderful 5 stars hotel and restaurant.
Exhibition of curated works
May 23 to 25, 2023
169, boulevard Haussmann Paris VIIIe.
By appointment only at +33 (0)1 45 44 34 34.
Public Exhibitions at Château d'Artigny
Friday, June 2 - 3 to 6 pm
Saturday, June 3 - 9 am to 5pm
Sunday, June 4 - 9 to 11 am
CONTACT
Email: rouillac@rouillac.com
Tel.: +33 (0)2 54 80 24 24
BUYER'S PREMIUM: 24% all inclusive
Lot 63
École française vers 1760
atelier de François Hubert Drouais (Français, 1727-1775)
Portrait de Marie-Jean Hérault de Séchelles enfant
Toile ovale.
Reprise de la composition de François-Hubert Drouais conservée en collection particulière.
Haut. 70,5 Larg. 58,5 cm.
French School, ca. 1760. A portrait of Marie-Jean Hérault de Séchelles as a child by the studio of François Hubert Drouais. After a painting by François-Hubert Drouais.
Petit fils d'un Contrôleur Général des Finances de Louis XV, Marie-Jean Hérault de Séchelles (1759-1794) est, à 18 ans, le plus jeune avocat général au Châtelet de Paris. Fervent révolutionnaire, il est l'un des principaux rédacteurs de la Constitution de l'an I et de la Déclaration des Droits de l'Homme et du Citoyen en 1793, avant d'être guillotiné avec Danton.
Sold: 3 800 €