Dans une vente, cette toile représentant Dreyfus :
Voici ce que dit le catalogue :
An extremely rare original oil painting believed to depict Alfred Dreyfus in his uniform wearing his signature spectacles.
On the reverse, the frame is inscribed Benoît Benoni-Auran which makes this piece even more intriguing considering Auran’s anti-semitic past.
There is also an inscription which reads Monteux, 84.Many of Auran’s work is featured in the town hall of Monteux, also his birthplace.
Dreyfus who was born in the same year as Auran (1859) would have been approximately 25 years old in 1884.Condition is as pictured for all items.
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La réponse à la question au sujet de Benoni-Auran, futur ligueur d’Action française (voir sa notice du Dictionnaire Dreyfus) est simple. Ce n’est pas Dreyfus qui est représenté ici. En 1884, son uniforme aurait dû porter le grade de lieutenant et la mention du 31e régiment d’artillerie auquel il appartenait. Tous les militaires bruns, moustachus et portant lorgnons ne sont pas Dreyfus…
Interesting.
What are your thoughts on this lot: https://www.the-saleroom.com/en-gb/auction-catalogues/william-george-auctions/catalogue-id-wi413157/lot-3c7ef82a-68c2-4080-9431-abbf008cb817
It seems like a unique collection especially because of the Schwartzkoppen autograph?