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.
RENÉ THÉODORE BERTHON
RENÉ THÉODORE BERTHON (1776 – Tours – 1859 – Paris) Portrait of Madame d’Arjuzon Oil on canvas 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.
MICHEL DORIGNY
MICHEL DORIGNY (1616 – France – 1665 – Paris) Diana of the Hunt Oil on canvas 71 x 88 cm. Museum of Hunting and Nature.
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
ANNE-LOUIS GIRODET-TRIOSON
ANNE-LOUIS GIRODET-TRIOSON (Montargis, 1767 – Paris, 1824) Madame Jacques-Louis-Étienne Reizet (Colette-Désirée-Thérèse Godefroy, 1782–1850) Oil on canvas 23-3/4” x 19-1/2” in. Signed and dated (upper right): GT / 1823. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
FRANS VERVLOET
(1795 Mechelen – Venice 1872) The Knife-grinder Oil on panel 32,2 x 24,5 cm Signed, dated and located lower right : “Vervloet naples 1824“ A native of Mechelen, Vervloet began, at a very early age, to attend the lessons of Jacques de Raedt at the academy of his native city, where he quickly distinguished himself through…
ALFRED GIESS
(1901 Morschwiller-le-Bas – Gray 1973) Nude on a Persian Rug with a Lily Oil on canvas 96 x 146 cm (Framed : 126 x 176 cm) Signed, dated, and located lower left: “A. GIESS ROME 1932” Although the place and social environment in which Alfred Giess was born did not foreshadow his distinguished artistic and academic career,…
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…