Benjamin Eugène Fichel

(French, 1826–1895)

Cabinet des médailles a la Bibliothèque royale, 1860

oil on panel

signed E. Fischel and dated (lower left)

18 x 22 inches.

Property from the Private Collection of Alice Renouf

This lot is located in Chicago.

Exhibited:

Paris, Galerie Goupil & Cie, 1860, no. 27

Paris, Exposition Universelle, 1867, p. 22, no. 252

Literature:

A.J.D., "Galerie de tableaux de la Maison Goupil et Comp. Editeurs de Estampes," L'Illustration, Journal Universel, March 10, 1860, p. 156

E.L.–L.G. "Exposition Nouvelle de Tableaux Modernes, Galerie de M. Goupil," Les Beaux Arts Revue Nouvelle, Vol. I, April 15 - December 15, 1860, p. 115

Ernest Glaeser, Biographie nationale des contemporains, Paris, 1878, p. 246

Pierre Larousse, Grand dictionnaire universel du XIXe siècle : français, historique, géographique, mythologique, bibliographique, littéraire, artistique, scientifique, etc., Paris, 1878, p. 817

G. Vapereau, Dictionnaire universel des contemporains, Paris, 1880, p. 705

John Denison Champlin and Charles C. Perkins, Cyclopedia of painters and paintings, Vol. II, New York, 1888, p. 55

Lot note:

This work was photographed in 1860 by Bingham for Goupil & Cie., Paris. Known today as the Cabinet du Roi and as Le Salon de Louis XV, the interior and medals depicted in this painting are in the care of the National Library of France.