LAURENT DE LA HYRE
(1606 – Paris – 1656) Saint Paul Shipwrecked on Malta Oil on canvas: 41-1/4 x 63-3/4 in. 50-3/4 x 72-1/2 x 3-1/2 in. framed. Birmingham Museum of Art.
ANTOINE-JEAN GROS
ANTOINE-JEAN GROS (1771 Paris – Meudon 1835) Portrait of the Countess of Laselle and Her Daughter Oil on canvas 250 x 175 cm 285 x 210 cm framed Signed lower left: Gros. Musée de l’Armée. Origin : Countess de Lasalle collection; Joséphine-Charlotte Yermoloff, née de Lasalle collection; Hélène Yermoloff, Marquise de Podenas collection,…
ANTOINE-FRANÇOIS CALLET
Ceres Begging for Jupiter’s Thunderbolt After the Kidnapping of His Daughter Proserpina Oil on canvas 200 x 250 cm A pleasant piece by the artist, in 1777 Exhibition: Salon of 1777 (not included in catalogue). Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. This painting, which has recently reappeared, is doubly notable for its fine proportions…
FRANÇOIS DE TROY
(1645 Toulouse – Paris 1730) The Astronomy Lesson for the Duchess of Maine Oil on canvas 99.5 x 130 cm Executed circa 1705 Origin: Painted by the artist for one of the models, perhaps the version cited in the inventory from Sceaux; Comte de Labessière, who sold it to its most recent owner in 1957.…
JOSEF ANTON KURIGER DIT COURIGUER
(1750 Einsielden – 1834 Paris) Portrait of Comte Lancelot Turpin de Crissé (1716-1793) Multicolored wax on cardboard-wood, presented in its original frame and protective case 30.5 x 24.5 cm Framed : 47 x 39 cm Signed lower left A. Couriguer Fecit Circa 1785 In its original Louis XVI period frame Inscribed on the back of…
CARLO MANIERI
1633 ? – Rome 1702 Still lifes of fruits and flowers in a crystal vase on a table draped with red brocade Oil on canvas, a pair 95,8 x 74 cm Circa 1690 Literature : G. Bocchi & U. Bocchi, Pittori di Natura morta a Roma, Artisti italiani 1630-1750, Arti Grafiche Castello, Viadana, p. 525-570.…
GIUSEPPE VERMIGLIO
(Milan ?, circa 1587 – Milan ?, after 1635) Mystical Marriage of Saint Catherine of Alexandria, with Saint Agatha and Saint John the Baptist Oil on canvas 170 x 196 cm Provenance : Costa de Beauregard family, Château de La Motte, La Motte Servolex (Savoie) ; Costa de Beauregard collection, Paris. Literature : Giuseppe Vermiglio.…
JACQUES BERTAUX
(1745-1818) The Marquis de Pons reviewing the Dauphiné infantry regiment Oil on canvas 64,5 x 80,3 cm / framed: 80,5 x 94,5 cm Dates lower right 1772 Inscribed on the back of the frame “ARMAND AUGUSTIN DE PONS” Provenance : Private collection, Rouen The Pons family, now extinct, was one of the most distinguished in…
CARLO BONAVIA
(active in Naples from 1755 to 1788) Fire in the Bay of Naples Oil on canvas 105 x 155 cm / framed: 123 x 175 cm Louis XVI period frame stamped Infroit Provenance : Private collection, Italy The discovery of archival documents may one day allow us to shed more light on the formation and…
ALFRED STEVENS
(1823-1906) Le Jour de fête Oil on panel 75 x 52 cm 1878 Signed lower right : Alfred Stevens Provenance : Stokvis collection, Brussels ; Baron B., Gand ; sale of April 2024, Legia Auction, Belgium After studying painting in Brussels with François Joseph Navez (1787-1869), Alfred Stevens entered the Ecole Nationale des Beaux-Arts de…