ANTOINE JEAN GROS (1771 Paris – Meudon 1835) Portrait of the Countess of Lasalle and her daughter Oil on canvas 250 x 175 cm 285 x 210 cm framed Signed bottom left Gros . Army Museum. Origin : Countess de Lasalle collection; Joséphine-Charlotte Yermoloff, née de Lasalle collection; Hélène Yermoloff, Marquise de Podenas…
Ceres imploring Jupiter’s lightning after the abduction of her daughter Proserpine Oil on canvas 200 x 250 cm A piece of entertainment by the artist, in 1777 Exhibition: Salon of 1777 (not listed in the catalogue, known through the sketch by Saint-Aubin and through reviews) Related Works: Oil sketch (Musée des Beaux-Arts, Quimper), two…
(1645 Toulouse – Paris 1730) The Duchess of Maine’s Astronomy Lesson Oil on canvas 99.5 x 130 cm Executed around 1705 Origin: Painted by the artist for one of the models, perhaps the version cited in the inventory of Sceaux; Count of Labessière, who sold it to the last owner in 1957. Wadsworth Atheneum…
