Charlemagne Oscar GUET (1801-1871) - Lot 88

Charlemagne Oscar GUET (1801-1871) Phébus chez Madame Aloise de Gondelaurier Oil on canvas, signed and dated lower right 1838 H. 54.5 cm - L. 73 cm HVS "_ Belle cousine," he said, approaching Fleur-de-Lys, "what is the subject of this tapestry work you are fashioning? _ Beautiful cousin," replied Fleur-de-Lys with an accent of spite, "I've already told you three times: it's the grotto of Neptunus." Victor-Hugo, "Notre-Dame de Paris", Book V. Charlemagne Oscar Guet exhibited a work on the same subject at the 1837 Salon (N°912), of which the painting presented here is probably an autograph replica. In addition to this composition, the same year he exhibited another work from Victor Hugo's famous novel "Phébus et la Esméralda chez la Falourdel" (N°913).