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Frits Thaulow (1874-1906)

Price
£22,500
Signed
Signed and dated 1883
Medium
Oil on panel
Dimensions
13 ½ x 21 inches
Provenance
The Lawrence Alkin Collection
Exhibited
'The Lawrence Alkin Collection', Chris Beetles Gallery, London, May-July 2026, no 45

The Luxembourg Gardens, or Senate Gardens, in Paris were created in the early 17th century on the construction of the Luxembourg palace for Marie de Medici. (The palace is now where the French Senate meets hence the garden’s newer colloquial name).
The bronze sculpture depicted in Thaulow’s painting is the Nubian Lion and its Prey (1870) by Auguste Cain (1821-1894). It is still on display in the Luxembourg Gardens and shows the triumphant lion standing atop its prey, an ostrich.

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