(1780 Grasse-Paris 1850) The Triumph of Homer Oil on canvas Signed lower left: A. Fragonard Circa 1830-1840 Provenance : Fragonard post-death sale, 6 december 1850, n°23 (under the title “Les Jeux Olympiques“) : Hôtel Drouot sale, 21 january 1926, n°123 ; Valenciennes sale, 25 june 2012. Literature : Catalogue d’une collection de tableaux modernes, peints par…
(1750 Toulouse – Paris 1819) L’éruption du Vésuve 65,5 x 80,8 cm Oil on canvas 1814 Provenance : Private collection Exhibition : « Pompei@Madre », Museo d’arte contemporeana donnaregina, 2017-2018 Bibliography : Probably Geneviève Lacambre, L’Eruption du Vésuve par Pierre-Henri de Valenciennes in La Revue du Louvre, 5/6 1980, pp. 314, note 2 After a long period of dormancy, Vesuvius…
(1843 Paris 1896) A visit to the Museum Oil on canvas 103 x 48 cm 1873 Signed : E Duez Duez, like Gervex and Alfred Stevens, had a strong preference for elegant subject matter; much of his work features young ladies glimpsed at their leisure activities at a time when tourism and travel was just…
