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239 - Louis Georges Brillouin,
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Louis Georges Brillouin, French 1817-1893- The letter of introduction; oil on canvas, signed 'L. Brillouin', 21.2 x 27 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, UK. Note: Brillouin was a pupil of Martin Drölling (1752-1817) and Louis-Nicolas Cabat (1812-1893), exhibiting at the Paris Salon from 1843 to 1893. He specialised in genre scenes, exhibiting four works at the Brussels Salon of 1866, including 'The Game of Cards', for which he was awarded a gold medal. He received a third-class medal at the Paris Salon in 1874 and was appointed a Knight of the Order of Leopold in 1869. The present work is comparable with examples sold at Christie’s, London, on 9 July 2010, lot 319 (£2,125), and Koller, Zurich, on 22 March 2016, lot 3215 (£5,366). Another version of the same composition by Brillouin was offered at A. B. Levy's, Florida, on 4 December 2025, lot 196.
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