BEAUX-ARTS - 17th and 19th centuries. Set of 16 documents: - Lot 169

BEAUX-ARTS - 17th and 19th centuries. Set of 16 documents: -BETOU. Handwritten document recording the marriage of the painter and engraver Alexandre Betou (1607?-1693), in Fontainebleau, in December 1641. 3 ½ pp. in-folio. Chipping. -NIVARD, of the Paris Academy of Painting and Sculpture. [Circa an 3]. 2 pp. in-folio. He applies for the position of drawing master at the Ecole Centrale de Lyon. -PUVIS DE CHAVANNES, Pierre. L.A.S. and printed letter from the Société nationale des Beaux-Arts. Paris, June 15, 1896 and May 6, 1891. 3 pp. in-8. Sorry to solicit M. Roujon, he informs Dupré fils that the President of the Republic is interested in Maurice Rondel. Girardot is also on his list, etc. He adds, "The God of the arts will recognize his own". The second letter is a printed circular from 1891, addressed to all members of the Société nationale des Beaux-Arts, informing them that the President of the Republic will inaugurate their next exhibition. -BENJAMIN-CONSTANT. 2 L.A.S. to Jules Dupré fils and [to painter Dauzats, according to a note]. S.l.n.d. "Ce 6 mai" and August 28, 1891. 3 pp. ½ in-8 and 2 pp. in-12. Mourning paper. About a financial imbroglio surrounding his artist's studio, etc. -DUMAS Fils, Alexandre (1824-1895). Set of 4 documents: 2 L.A.S. and 2 C.A.S., addressed to Jules Dupré fils. Paris, 1886, 1889 and 1892 [?]. 2 p. in-8 and 4 pp. in-12 oblong. Envelopes preserved. About the Universal Exhibition, a "superb madeleines painting" by his famous father, the painter Jules Dupré (1811-1889), belonging to Melle de Cassin, two portraits, etc. -ARAGO, François (astronomer and Alfred (painter). L.A.S. from Arago Père requesting a place for his son and on verso, L.A.S. from Alfred Arago about one of his paintings "relegated to the salle des 7 chemins adjoining the Musée Charles X [...]". S.l.n.d. 2 pp. in-4. -RIBOT, Théodule. L.A.S. to poet and playwright Emile Bergerat. September 3, 1889. 1 p. in-8. "This evening, we celebrated with great emotion your nomination as Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur! Fine signature. -PELLETAN, Camille. L.A.S. to [Paul Huet]. Saint-Georges, September, s.d. 2 pp. in-8. Folds. Beautiful letter. Evokes Duvergier de Hauranne, Prince Gérôme, Milton and Chateaubriand, etc. Enclosed is an invitation from Hélène and Camille Pelletan to a "matinée costumée". -CHAMPFLEURY. L.A.S. Sèvres, January 8, 1874. 1 p. in-8. On a lithograph entitled "Vue d'Avignon" by Daumier. Mentions Le Charivari, etc. -PREAULT, Auguste. L.A.S. to Paul Huet. S.l., April 23, 1861. 1 p. in-8. -GUERIN, Baron. Fine L.A.S. to composer Albert Guillon. Rome, October 5, 1827. 2 pp. in-4. Interesting letter on the boarders at the Académie de France in Rome (sculptors, architect), etc. -JAL, Augustin. L.A.S. to the painter Théodore Gudin. Paris, August 29, 1850 [?]. ½ p. in-8. MLL