Sartiges, Louis Edmond Paul de (1859-1924)
By Hadrien Rambach
Viscount de Sartiges was a French diplomat – notably Ambassador to Riga 1920-1921 and later Secretary in Washington. He had inherited important works of art from his wife’s family, such as a self-portrait by Rubens from Peiresc’s collection, but built his own remarkable collections of ancient coins and Japanese color prints.
A private catalogue of his coins was published by D.A. Longuet, Collection du Vicomte de Sartiges. Séries grecque et romaine, en 1910, ainsi que les acquisitions depuis cette date, s.l. s.d. [Paris c.1910], which gives a terminus ante quem for the purchase of many of his coins, and they were sold by Ars Classica in June 1924 and in October 1938.
Bibliography:
- Hadrien Rambach, “Provenance glossary”, in Numismatica Ars Classica, Auction 91: the George W. La Borde collection of Roman aurei – part I, Zurich, 23 May 2016, pp. [67]-[79].
- Hadrien Rambach, “Provenance glossary”, in Numismatica Ars Classica, Auction 99: the George W. La Borde collection of Roman aurei – part II, Zurich, 29 May 2017, pp. 47-63.
- Hadrien Rambach, “Provenance glossary”, in Numismatica Ars Classica, Auction 105: the George W. La Borde collection of Roman aurei – part III, Zurich, 9 May 2018, pp. 82-105.
This article was first published in a catalogue of auction house Numismatica Ars Classica.
