Lot 816 , Paul Alphonse Viry (French, 1832-1913) The Doves, 21 x 16.5in.

Paul Alphonse Viry (French, 1832-1913)
oil on mahogany panel,
The Doves,
signed and dated 1875,
21 x 16.5in.
Estimate £4,000-6,000

The Doves was exhibited at the Brooklyn Art Association in 1876, to positive critical notice. The reviewer in The Aldine notes that Viry's painting '..is fanciful and prettily expressed. A tall, pale girl, dressed in rich dove-colored satin, is petting her dove in a large doorway, built of soft, gray stone, carefully molded. A greyhound stands by her side. There are no other colors to relieve this predominating delicate ash, but the rich green of two small vines set in a green boxes, a gorgeously colored pheasant at the sill, and the dull red and brown of a line of bricks that just appears above the portal. The effect is like that of frosted silver; and the design is a jeu d'esprit... The finish is simply wonderful.'


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