Lot 337: HENRI-FRANCOIS RIESENER PARIS 1767 - 1828 PORTRAIT OF THE MISSES DE BALLEROY IN A LANDSCAPE WITH A DOG 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

HENRI-FRANCOIS RIESENER PARIS 1767 - 1828 PORTRAIT OF THE MISSES DE BALLEROY IN A LANDSCAPE WITH A DOG 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, nee 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. Catalogue Note: The attribution to Henri-Fran‡ois Riesener has been confirmed by Alexis Bordes who will include this painting in his forthcoming catalogue raisonne on the artist. Henri- Fran‡ois 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-Fran‡ois 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.