François Guillaume Ménageot

Lot 596: FRANÇOIS-GUILLAUME MÉNAGEOT LONDON 1744 - 1816 PARIS

Name: FRANÇOIS-GUILLAUME MÉNAGEOT LONDON 1744 - 1816 PARIS
Brand: Sotheby's
SKU: lhwj57helb

Est: £8,000 GBP - £12,000 GBPSold:

Sotheby'sLondon, United KingdomDecember 07, 2004

Item Overview

Description

signed and dated lower left: Menageot/ 1806

oil on canvas

Dimensions

105 by 91 cm.; 41 3/8 by 35 7/8 in.

Artist or Maker

François Guillaume Ménageot

Exhibited

Paris, Salon, 1806, no. 380, where described 'L'Envie veut arracher les ailes de la Renommée. Le'Envie, sur un rocher, à la porte de son antre, entourée de serpens et de plantes vénéuses, fait d'inutiles efforts pour arracher les ailes de la Renommée, qui vole au temple de la gloire. Ces tableaux appartiennent à l'auteur.'

Literature

N. Deloynes, Collection de pièces sur les Beaux-Arts imprimées et manuscrites recueillies par Pierre Jean Mariette, Charles Nicolas Cochin et M. Deloynes..., Paris, vol. 63;
Les Pausanias français, 1806;
C. Blanc, Le Trésor de la curiosité tiré des catalogues de vente, 1857-1858, vol. 2, p. 312;
C. Blanc, Histoire des peintres de toutes les écoles, 1865, vol. 3, pp. 32-33;
Comte de Franqueville, Le premier siècle de la France, 1865-1896, vol. 2, p. 160;
N. Willk-Brocard, François-Guillaume Ménageot, 1976, cat. no. 71.

Provenance

The artist's collection;
His deceased sale, Paris, 17-21 December 1816, lot 27;
F.L. Gounod;
His deceased sale, Paris, 23 February 1824, lot 7.

Auction Details

Old Master Paintings

Sotheby's

December 07, 2004, 12:00 AM EST

Hammersmith Road, London, LDN, W14 8UX, UK

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