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110F. Grigore Cantacuzino [cca. 1850-1855]

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110F. Grigore Cantacuzino [cca. 1850-1855]

1818, Focşani - 1894, Bucureşti

Estimate:
EUR 2.000 - 3.500
Sold
EUR 4.250

oil on canvas, 81 x 65 cm

Research information

The artwork is classified in the category of National Cultural Mobile Heritage Fund, by the order of the Minister of Culture no. 2369 from 22.05.2014.

Notes

On the reverse, inventory number of the National Museum of Art of Romania, PN 1538 and titled, in pencil, "Gr. Cantacuzino".

PROVENANCE

Collection of Gen. George Manu's family (1833 - 1911); Collection of Constantin G. Manu (1871-1959); As of 1948, managed by the Alexandru Saint-Georges Museum; since 1949, collection of the Museum of Art of the P.R.R., inv. 1538; as of 2015, collection of the descendants of Constantin G.Manu.

Grigore Cantacuzino was born in 1829 into the family of Vornic Constantin Cantacuzino and Zoe Cantacuzino, being the second son of the family and the older brother of Alexandrina, the future wife of George Manu. The above image of Grigore is known to us from the votive painting made during the year 1853 by Gheorghe Tattarescu for the church on the Viișoara estate of the Cantacuzino family, an estate later managed by Grigore alongside his brother Ioan.

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SESSION
Thu, 12 December 2024, 17:00

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