ADAM AUGUST MÜLLER (1811 – Copenhagen – 1844) Figure in the Antiquities Room at Charlottenborg Oil on canvas 32 x 25 cm 285 x 210 cm framed Bears an inscription on the stretcher: “A. Müller fec.” The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Origin: The painting featured in a lottery organized by the Danish…
HYACINTH RIGAUD (1659 – Perpignan – 1743 – Paris) Portrait of the Sculptor Martin van den Bogaert, known as Desjardins (1637 – 1694) Oil on canvas: 46.46 × 36.22 inches Private collection.
(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 (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,…
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…
(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.…
Paris, 8 May 1831 – Paris, 16 January 1893 Jewelry Box Paris, 1855 Elephant ivory, brass, steel, silk velvet (modern inner lining) MARKS: A. Moreau Fecit 1855 (on the plinth, at the base base) A. Moreau 1855 (inside, at the bottom of the box) total height: 60 cm; base: 32 x 19.5; box: 45 x…
(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…
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.…
(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.…
