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.…