Paul Essonville-Bligny

Description

Little is known about Paul Essonville-Bligny (1828-1916), an "ancien agent de change à Paris", identified by Danielle Gaborit-Chopin and Juliette Levy-Hinstin. These refer to him as the owner of a Virgin and Child in ivory that was exhibited in Rouen in 1884 (Gaborit-Chopin and Levy-Hinstin, 2014). Oscar-Edmond Ris-Paquot published in 1882-1883 the second issue of the Annuaire artistique des collectionneurs, where he mentions M. Bligny-d'Essonville as a member of the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris. According to the painter, he collected "tapisseries flamandes du XVIe siècle, calices en or et en vermeil des XVe et XVIe siècles, marbres italiens du XIVe siècle, portraits". In addition to these pieces, ceramics should be included in his collection, since the Louvre Museum has a piece(OA 4050) that was in his collection.

Bibliography

• GABORIT-CHOPIN, Danielle y LEVY-HINSTIN, Juliette (2014): "La Vierge à l’Enfant d’ivoire, de l’ancienne collection Martin Le Roy", nº 30, Coré: Conservation et restauration du patrimoine culturel, p. 37–54.
• RIS-PAQUOT, Oscar-Edmond (1883): Annuaire artistique des collectionneurs, Paul Bousre, Tours, pp. 232-233.