Lot 337: HENRI-FRANÇOIS RIESENER PARIS 1767 - 1828

PORTRAIT OF THE MISSES DE BALLEROY IN A LANDSCAPE WITH A DOG

PORTRAIT OF THE MISSES DE BALLEROY IN A LANDSCAPE WITH A DOG

measurements note
83 1/2 by 57 1/2 in.; 211.5 by 146 cm.

oil on canvas, unframed

PROVENANCE

Prince Henri Charles-Emmanuel de Bourbon-Parme, grand-son of Princess Joseph de Broglie-Revel, née Marguerite de Balleroy.

EXHIBITED

Possibly, Paris, Salon, 1808, no. 497, Portrait en pied d'une dame et de sa soeur. or no. 499 Portaits de deux femmes.

NOTE

The attribution to Henri-François Riesener has been confirmed by Alexis Bordes who will include this painting in his forthcoming catalogue raisonné on the artist.

Henri-François Riesener was the son of the famous cabinet maker Jean-Henri Riesener, who emigrated from Germany to Paris and worked for a select clientele including Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette. Henri-François started his career as an apprentice to Vincent, and later moved to David's studio, where he learned the grand manner of history painting. In his career, however, Riesener was renowned as a portrait, rather than a history, painter, and he remains one of the greatest portaitists to come out of David's studio.