(1763 Paris – Rome 1788) Self-portrait Oil on canvas, unfinished 60,5 x 49,5 cm Painted in Rome, 1787-1788 HISTORY: Painted in Rome in late 1787 or early 1788; Madame François-Hubert Drouais, née Anne Françoise Doré (1732–1809), the artist’s mother; inherited from her sister by Marie-Jeanne Doré; inherited or acquired by one of her cousins, the sculptor Achille…
(Montargis, 1767 – Paris, 1824) Young Nymph Bathing Oil on canvas 56 x 46 cm Monogrammed lower left with the intertwined letters “G.A.L.” Provenance: Collection of Marie-Françoise Robert Bazin (1774-1862) and Fanny Robert (1795-1872) ; Collection of Caroline Robert, daughter of Marie-Françoise, born in 1796, who married Louis Rossigneux (1786-1864) in 1813 ; Collection of…
(1756 Dijon – Florence 1795) Bacchante and Satyr Oil on canvas laid down on cardboard 40,5 x 33 cm Framed : 54,5 x 46,5 cm Signed et dated at the lower left : « B. Gagneraux. 1789. » Provenance : Private Collection, France Born in Dijon to a cooper father, nothing initially suggested that Bénigne Gagneraux would, during his…
(1718 Viarmes – Rome 1762) A Hunter Oil on walnut panel 29 x 22,5 cm Framed : 42,3 x 33 cm Circa 1756 Provenance : Galerie Cailleux, Paris, February 1956 ; Jacqueline Beytout’s collection ; her daughter, Virginie Beytout Literature : Dominique Jacquot « « Jean Barbault , le théâtre de la vie italienne »,…
(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…
(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…
(Paris 1679-1752 Rome) Judith Holding Holofernes’Head Oil on canvas. 195 x 147 cm Framed : 227 x 180 cm Signed and dated : DE TROY 1730 Louis XV Frame Provenance : M. Denisot, at M. Bossu, Rue Saint-Denis, Paris, in August 1782; Private collection, Italy Bibliographie : Christophe Leribault, Jean-François de Troy, 1679-1752, Arthena, 2002, P.343, p. 416 (mentioned…
(1739 Paris 1821) The Holy Family Oil on canvas 151 x 93 cm Framed : 164,5 x 105,5 cm Circa 1770 Louis XV style frame Bibliography: To be included in the Catalogue Raisonné of the artist by Monsieur Joseph Assemat-Tessandier. It was with his brother, the already well-known and established artist, Louis-Jean-François, that Jean-Jacques Lagrenée began…
ÉCOLE FRANÇAISE DE LA FIN DU XVIIE SIECLE, Le Sans Pareil espagnol, ville de Dinan Huile sur toile 45 x 55 cm Vers 1700 C’est l’un des militaires les plus fameux de son époque, souvent victorieux et couvert d’honneurs par Louis XIV, le comte de Tessé René III de Froulay, marquis de Lavardin (1648-1725)…
ABRAHAM VAN STRIJ (1753 Dordrecht 1826) Allegory of the Arts Oil on canvas 48.5 x 189 cm (Framed : 54,5 x 193,5 cm) Signed lower right: A.Van Strÿ circa 1780-1790 Like his brother Jacob, Abraham began his career in his father’s studio, Leendert van Strij, a painter and decorator in Dordrecht. Wishing to specialize…
