PIERRE-PAUL PRUD’HON
(1758 Cluny – Paris 1832) Head of Love, According to the Union of Love and Friendship Black chalk highlighted with white gouache. 38.5 x 27.5 cm. After 1793. Private collection.
JOSEPH VERNET
JOSEPH VERNET (1714 – Avignon – 1789 – Paris) Mediterranean Port, Calm Weather Oil on canvas 97.8 x 134.7 cm. National Gallery of Australia.
JOSEPH VERNET
JOSEPH VERNET (1714 – Avignon – 1789 – Paris) Storm on the Mediterranean Coast Oil on canvas 97.8 x 134.7 cm. National Gallery of Australia.
NICOLAS LANCRET
NICOLAS LANCRET (1690 – Paris – 1743) Dance Before a Fountain Oil on canvas 38-1/2” x 51-1/2” in. 54” x 66-5/8” x 3-7/8” in. framed. Lower left: “3655” [“3” is missing]; Verso: upper left, in pencil: “G[?]”; upper center, in pencil: “B Gustav[?]” J. Paul Getty Museum
JEAN GERMAIN DROUAIS
(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…
ANNE-LOUIS GIRODET-TRIOSON
(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…
BENIGNE GAGNERAUX
(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…
JEAN BARBAULT
(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 »,…
JACQUES BERTAUX
(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…
CARLO BONAVIA
(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…