Lot 155: François-Guillaume Ménageot (London 1744-1816 Paris)

François-Guillaume Ménageot (London 1744-1816 Paris)
Self-portrait of the artist, half-length, in a brown coat and a brush in his right hand
oil on canvas
30 x 24¾ in. (76.2 x 62.9 cm.)

N. Wilk-brocard, François-Guillaume Ménageot, 1744-1816, 1976, p. 42, p. 77, cat. no. 32, and fig. 53 (where it is suggested that the present work is a study with variations for the artist's self-portrait of 1797 in the Musée Fabre, Montpellier).

Possibly the undated self-portrait listed in the inventory of the artist's house drawn up on 8 November 1816 after his death (Paris, Archives Nationales, Minutier Central, XXIX, 811): Item trois portraits, savoir deux de Mr. Menageot par lui-même, dont un date de 1797, sur toile et sans bordures et un portrait de femme, lesdits portraits étant de famille tirés ici pour mémoire.
M. de Villeroy (according to an old label on the stretcher).
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 12 April 1985, lot 164.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 20 July 1990, lot 69, where acquired by the present owner.

François-Guillaume Ménageot (London 1744-1816 Paris)
Self-portrait of the artist, half-length, in a brown coat and a brush in his right hand
oil on canvas
30 x 24¾ in. (76.2 x 62.9 cm.)