LOUIS GABRIEL EUGÈNE ISABEY (1803-1886) La défense du château

signed and dated 'E. Isabey 68' (lower right) oil on canvas laid on panel 83.2 x 57.5 cm painted in 1868 Provenance : A. Liebermann de Wahlenhorf, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 8-9 May 1876, lot 45. S. Von Derwies, Galeries Georges Petit, Paris, 15 November 1906, lot 20. Colonel C. Michael Paul, Palm Beach, Florida. Sale Sotheby's, New York, 23 May 1990, lot 163. Sale Sotheby's London, 16 November 1994, lot 67. Sale Christie's New York, 22 April 2004, lot 157. Sale Stair Galleries Hudson NY, 15 October 2011, lot 371. Private collection Literature: Pierre Miquel, Eugène Isabey: La Marine au XIXe Siècle, Maurs la Jolie, p. 220, no. 1258D (illustrated) We thank Sergei Podstanitsky for confirming the authenticity of this painting and providing authenticity expertise This painting belonged to the collection of the well-known patron Sergey Pavlovich von Derwies (1863-1943). Derwies acquired it at the auction of the famous Berlin collection of Adolf Lieberman von Wahlenhorf (1829-1893) at Hôtel Drouot in Paris on May 8-9, 1876 (lot 45). The painting was kept in Derwies 's mansion in St. Petersburg (Angliyskaya Naberezhnaya 34 [English Embankment 34]) and was published in the catalogue 'Galerie Serge Von Derwies' in 1904. In 1906, Sergey Pavlovich left Russia and placed his collection up for sale. this present painting was auctioned at the Galeries Georges Petit in Paris (Galeries Georges Petit, 15 November 1906, lot 20).