Horace His de la Salle

Horace His de la Salle
Born	11 February 1795 [1] Paris France
Died	1878(1878-00-00) (aged 82–83)
Nationality	French
Occupation	art collector

Horace His de la Salle (1795-1878) was a French art collector, mainly collecting drawings. He donated a large part of his collection to French museums, including 21 paintings and 450 drawings to the Louvre. ^{[2] [3] [4]}

Collection

Lucas van Leyden, Portrait d'homme de face, portant un chapeau à larges bords, one masterpiece drawing given to the Louvre museum

The collection included drawings by a lot of masters going from Nicolas Poussin, Théodore Géricault, or Pierre-Paul Prud'hon to Fra Angelico, Maurice Quentin de la Tour, or Lucas van Leyden. ^{[5] [2]}

References

1. "Horace His de La Salle, collectionneur du XIX^e siècle". Sorbonne University. 2008. Retrieved 2020-08-11.
2. "Le Louvre expose les dessins collectionnés au XIXe siècle par Horace His de La Salle". bilan.ch. 2019-12-25. Archived from the original on 2019-12-28. Retrieved 2020-08-11.
3. "Officer & Gentleman in the 19th Century - The Horace His de La Salle Collection". Louvre. November 2019. Retrieved 2020-08-11.
4. "Officier et gentleman. La collection Horace His de La Salle. Un trop discret "honnête homme" enfin mis à l'honneur". lecurieuxdesarts.fr. 2020-01-27. Archived from the original on 2020-08-11. Retrieved 2020-08-11. Le musée lui doit une des pièces maîtresses du département des Arts graphiques, ce Portrait d'homme. Pour l'anecdote, un van Leyden, "bien moins intéressant" que celui du Louvre a été adjugé récemment à plus de 15 millions d'euros au collectionneur Léon Blake .
5. "Officier et gentleman au XIXe siècle. La collection His de la Salle". unitheque.com. November 2019. Retrieved 2020-08-11.