Attributed to Charles Lebrun

The Israelites crossing the Red Sea



Attributed to Charles Lebrun - The Israelites crossing the Red Sea



Attributed to Charles Lebrun
The Israelites crossing the Red Sea
158.1 x 213.4 cm
Oil on canvas
Sale Bonhams, London, 5 December 2018


Provenance

Probably, Robert Strange sale, Christie's, London, 5 March, 1773, nr. 107 ('Le Brun - The Passage of the Red Sea, from Poussin')
Probably, Sir Thomas Rumbold of Woodhall Park, circa 1773
From whom probably purchased in 1800 by Samuel Smith
Probably the collection of Abel Smith of Berkeley Square, circa 1835
Probably thence by family descent until the sale of the Principal Contents of Woodhall Park, Sotheby's 11 March 1931, nr. 20, 72 x 83 1/2 in. (as by Poussin)
Sale Bonhams, London, 5 December 2018, nr. 54

Other works by Charles Le Brun


Charles Le Brun Portrait of Pierre Seguier, Chancellor of France
Portrait of Pierre Seguier, Chancellor of France
c. 1655

Charles Le Brun Portrait of a boy
Portrait of a boy

Charles Le Brun The Sacrifice of Polyxena
The Sacrifice of Polyxena
1647

Charles Le Brun The Resurrection
The Resurrection
1674-1676

Charles Lebrun Daedalus and Icarus
Daedalus and Icarus