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FRANÇOIS-EUGÈNE-AUGUSTIN BRIDOUX (ABBEVILLE 1813- PAUL GERVAIS (TOULOUSE 1859-1944)
1892 ORSAY) Portrait of the sculptor Jean Rivière
Portrait of a seated young man and a standing boy signed, dated, and inscribed ‘A. mon ami Riviere/ P. Gervais. 1880’
signed and dated ‘A. Bridoux del.t / Paris 1835.’; with inscription ‘M. Vill[...]é & graphite, on wove paper
un de ses amis’ 14¿x 12 in. (37 x 30.4 cm)
$1,500-2,500
graphite, framing lines, on wove paper
13æ x 10Ω in. (34.9 x 26.7 cm) PROVENANCE:
with W.M. Brady & Co., New York.
$2,000-3,000
PROVENANCE: In this drawing, the twenty-one year old Gervais portrayed his friend, the
Louis-Marie-Joseph Morel d’Arleaux (1755-1827), Abbeville. sculptor Jean Rivière (1853-1924), who was also active in Toulouse.
with Mark Brady & Co., New York.
In 1834, Bridoux won the Prix de Rome for engraving at the Paris Académie
and soon after moved to Italy where he lived for five years. This affectionate
portrait of two young men was most likely executed shortly before the artist’s
departure or perhaps on that occasion. A handwritten inscription in graphite
at the bottom of the sheet, now only partially legible, once recorded the name
of the sitter with his friend.

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