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116 82 Ferdinand Victor Léon Roybet (French, 1840-1920) LE CONNAISSEUR oil on panel signed lower right 38 by 51.25in. (96.5 by 130.2cm) Frame Size: 53 by 66.5 (134.6 by 168.9cm) Provenance: Arturo Uriarte y Piñiero, Buenos Aires; Bequeathed by the above to the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires, 1941; Returned to the descendants of the Uriarte y Piñiero family, 1991; Thence by descent to the present owner Exhibited: Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires, 1941-1991 Ferdinand Victor Leon Roybet was a successful French artist, acclaimed for his magnificent portraits of well-dressed male figures set in the 16th and 17th centuries. He is particularly recognised for his Spanish cavalier themed works, of which this is an excellent example. Roybet’s works are reminiscent of those of the 17th century Spanish artist Diego Velázquez, and notable for their realism and the artist’s dramatic use of colour and execution of detail. €6,000-€8,000 (£5,080-£6,780 approx.) Click here for more images and to bid on this lot82