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Alfred de Dreux

Born : 1810Died : 1860Documented citizenships : France

A French portrait and animal painter, Alfred de Dreux specialized in the representation of the horse. From 1823, encouraged by his uncle, the painter Pierre-Joseph Dedreux-Dorcy, he studied first with Théodore Géricault and then with Léon Cogniet. His first major canvas, in 1825, was a copy of Géricault’s Mazeppa, painted in 1823. Recommended to Eugène Isabey by his uncle, he also worked in the painter’s studio.

He first exhibited at the Salon de Paris in 1831 and returned regularly until 1859. In 1842, he received his first State commission, for the Equestrian Portrait of the Duke of Orléans and His Guard. In 1844, he accompanied Louis-Philippe on an official visit to England, where he subsequently stayed on several occasions. In 1848, he followed the king into exile at Claremont House, in Surrey, and produced numerous equestrian portraits of members of the English aristocracy. On his return to Paris in 1852, he established his studio at 26 rue de Douai. He was appointed Chevalier of the Légion d’honneur on 16 August 1857.

Among the works noted is La Bataille de Baugé, dated 1839 and mentioned at the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Narbonne. Most of his numerous lithographic drawings were published by Maison Goupil. His work is the subject of L’univers d’Alfred de Dreux, followed by the catalogue raisonné, published by Marie-Christine Renauld at Actes Sud in 2008.

This profile brings together identity references for Alfred de Dreux and paintings, drawings and works on paper documented in auction catalogues.

Documented auction references

15auction references

4auction houses

3documented results with prices

Dobiaschofsky · Genève Enchères · Schuler · Piguet

References include catalogue entries and available results; they do not all represent completed sales. Attributed works and special lots are excluded from the priced results.

Works recorded at auction

Photograph : Schuler · Enlarge image ↗

Schuler · Lot 1014

Junger Reiter auf einem Rappen, von einer kleinen Dogge begleitet

Oil on canvas

Original catalogue wording

Junger Reiter auf einem Rappen, von einer kleinen Dogge begleitet
Öl auf Leinwand

Catalogue period : 2026-03-19

Published result : 6000 CHF

Fees not specified in the available data

Estimate : CHF 5000–8000

Alfred de Dreux

Documented auction references

Works recorded at auction

Junger Reiter auf einem Rappen, von einer kleinen Dogge begleitet

Junger Reiter auf einem Rappen, von einer kleinen Dogge begleitet

Junger Reiter auf einem Rappen, von einer kleinen Dogge begleitet

Horseman with a startled horse

Circle of

Jeune cavalier en veste blanche et casquette sur un cheval bai noir, avec un chien à ses pieds

References excluded from statistics: attributions and special lots

In the manner of

Lot comprenant : Suiveur de Alfred de Dreux — Deux lévriers,

Entourage de ALFRED DEDREUX — Dame mit Pferd und Jagdhund auf einem Waldweg.

Attribué à ALFRED DEDREUX — Reiter mit Schimmel.

D’après Alfred de Dreux — Etude de cheval à l'écurie

Copy

Attribué à ALFRED DEDREUX — Ausritt im Damensattel.

Attribué à ALFRED DEDREUX — Reiter mit Schimmel.

Entourage de Alfred de Dreux — La visite du haras,

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