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[HISTORICAL PAINTERS]. 3 handwritten letters. In-12, folded pages. Description: -Georges CAIN. (ca. 1895–1919). 2 autograph letters regarding commissions for historical paintings. One concerns a painting commissioned by the government depicting the reception of General Aubert-Dubayet by the Sultan’s Grand Vizier in Constantinople in 1796–1797. On paper marked “GC.” The other is on letterhead from the Library and Historical Museum of the City of Paris (Hôtel Carnavalet), where he appears to be discussing the descendant of a historical figure. Georges Cain (1856–1919), a French painter, illustrator, and writer, served as curator of the Carnavalet Museum, where he played an important role from 1897 to 1919. -Henri GERVEX. A handwritten letter. Mentioning the Second Empire section of a panorama in progress, and the figures omitted from it. The Beaux-Arts. A French painter and pastel artist (1852–1929), Henri Gervex was a student of Forain and Fromentin.
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