François André Vincent (1746 Paris 1816) The Flaying of Saint Bartholomew, after Mattia Preti Oil on canvas Circa 1774 LITERATURE : Jean-Pierre Cuzin, Vincent entre Fragonard et David, Arthéna, p.382 n°177 p PROVENANCE : Peut-être le tableau peint à Naples pour Bergeret de Grancourt fin mai 1774 ; peut-être Paris, collection Bergeret ; peut-être sa vente après décès, Paris, « en son hôtel…
Study for ‘The Greeks and Trojans fighting over the body of Patroclus’ Oil on canvas 89.5 x 115.5 cm c.1781 Provenance: Probably the artist’s posthumous sale, Paris, 16 April 1792 (n°11 ‘Trois esquisses, dont le Combat des Grecs fur le corps de Patrocle…’) Bibliography: Marc Sandoz, Nicolas-Guy Brenet (1728-1792), Editart-Quatre chemins, 1979, p.114, n°96…
Study for “La Leçon d’Agriculture”, Oil on canvas 66 x 55 cm 1797-1798 In the Musée des Beaux-Arts of Bordeaux History : Anonymous sale, Paris, Galerie Georges Petit, 23 June 1922, lot 15 (as English School, late 18th century; “This painting could be attributed to J.-C. Ibbetson or to J.-R. Smith”); acquired at this sale,…
ADOLF ULRIK WERTMÜLLER (1751 Stockholm – Wilmington, USA, 1811) Portrait of a Young Woman Oil on canvas 41 x 32.5 cm Signed: A. Wertmuller.f. / à Paris 1786 PROVENANCE: Alfred Bergs, Djursholm BIBLIOGRAPHY: Albin Roosval “Svenka Hem i och Bilder,” 1915, “Bankir Alfred Bergs hem och samlingar,” p. 17 & 19 Student of a French sculptor…
Two studies of a man Oil on canvas 38,5 x 50 cm Executed circa 1840-45 PROVENANCE : Collection of the artist ; his sale, Paris, 20 march-1st april 1876 (stamp on the reverse of the stretcher) Pils studied painting under Lethière, then in the studio of Picot, winning the Prix de Rome in Paris, after…
Alexandre-Evariste Fragonard (1780 Grasse-Paris 1850) The Triumph of Homer Oil on canvas Signed lower left: A. Fragonard Circa 1830-1840 Alexandre-Evariste Fragonard, whose ambitious, dramatic and dynamic compositions always set him apart from the precious, virtuoso meticulousness of the Troubadour style, mixed different episodes from the Trojan War here, in a vast scene peopled by several…
(1750 Toulouse – Paris 1819) L’éruption du Vésuve 65,5 x 80,8 cm Oil on canvas 1814 Provenance : Private collection Exhibition : « Pompei@Madre », Museo d’arte contemporeana donnaregina, 2017-2018 Bibliography : Probably Geneviève Lacambre, L’Eruption du Vésuve par Pierre-Henri de Valenciennes in La Revue du Louvre, 5/6 1980, pp. 314, note 2 After a long period of dormancy, Vesuvius…
(1843 Paris 1896) A visit to the Museum Oil on canvas 103 x 48 cm 1873 Signed : E Duez Duez, like Gervex and Alfred Stevens, had a strong preference for elegant subject matter; much of his work features young ladies glimpsed at their leisure activities at a time when tourism and travel was just…
