Lot 820
Erasmus Humbrecht (French-New Orleans, b. c. 1849, active New Orleans 1872-93), The Crucifixion, oil on canvas, signed and dated 1879 lower right, 24 in. x 16 in., in a period frame; accompanied by an encapsulated Times-Picayune New Orleans States newspaper article Daughters Throw Light on Cathedral Painter's Life by W.M. Darling, April 24, 1938. E1800-2400 Note: Erasmus Humbrecht settled in New Orleans in 1872 and became established as a painter of interiors of cathedrals and churches. Soon after his arrival in the city, Humbrecht was commissioned to paint fresco murals for St. Louis Cathedral; twenty years later, he was commissioned to restore and replace several of the murals in the cathedral.
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