£700
Attributed to John Pettie (1839-1893), Oil on canvas, The famous Paris Duel or The Duel after the Masquerade , Labelled to slip lower middle, 20 x 30''. The scene is set on a grey winter morning in the Bois de Boulogne, trees bare and snow covering the ground. A man dressed as a Perriot has been mortally wounded in a duel and has collapsed into the arms of a Duc de Guise . A surgeon, dressed as a Doge of Venice , tries to stop the flow of blood, while a Donio clutches his own head. The survivor of the duel, dressed as an American Indian, walks away with his second, a Harlequin towards his carriage, shown waiting in the background. This actually is supposed to have happened ! Bears remains of Sotheby's numbers verso.
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