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.
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. Provenance : Collection comtesse de Lasalle ; collection Joséphine-Charlotte Yermoloff, née de Lasalle ; Collection Hélène Yermoloff, marquise de Podenas, petite fille du général de…
ANTOINE-FRANÇOIS CALLET
Ceres Begging for Jupiter’s Thunderbolt After the Kidnapping of His Daughter Proserpine Oil on canvas 200 x 250 cm Morceau d’agrément of the artist, in 1777 Exhibition: Salon of 1777 (not included in catalogue). This painting, which has recently reappeared, is doubly notable for its fine proportions and its history, and is an…
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…
FRANÇOIS – JOSEPH NAVEZ
Aumône d’une Frascatane Oil on canvas 116 x 137 cm Signed and dated: F.J. NAVEZ. / ROMA.1821. Private collection.