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Lot 254: LOUIS-JEAN-FRANCOIS LAGRENéE (PARIS 1725-1805) AND JOSEPH-MARIE VIEN (MONTPELLIER 1716-1809 PARIS)

Est: £0 GBP - £0 GBPSold:
Christie'sLondon, United KingdomJuly 03, 2013

Item Overview

Description

LOUIS-JEAN-FRANCOIS LAGRENéE (PARIS 1725-1805) AND JOSEPH-MARIE VIEN (MONTPELLIER 1716-1809 PARIS) A YOUNG WOMAN HOLDING A DOVE ('LA DOUCE CAPTIVITé'); AND A WOMAN WATERING A POT OF MATTHIOLA ('LA JEUNE ATHéNIENNE') OIL ON CANVAS, OVAL 28 5/8 X 24 1/8 IN. (72.7 X 61.4 CM.) A PAIR (2)

Exhibited

PARIS, SALON, 1763, NO. 33, AS 'LA DOUCE CAPTIVITé'; AND NO. 30, AS 'UNE JEUNE FEMME QUI ARROSE UN POT DE FLEURS'.

Literature

LE MERCURE DE FRANCE, OCTOBER 1763, P. 24 AND P. 191 RESPECTIVELY. C.-J. MATHON DE LA COUR, LETTRE à MADAME *** SUR LES PEINTURES, LES SCULPTURES & LES GRAVURES EXPOSéES DANS LE SALLON DU LOUVRE CETTE ANNéE, PARIS, 1763, P. 20. D. DIDEROT, 'SALON DE 1763', IN ESSAIS SUR LA PEINTURE; SALONS DE 1759, 1761, 1763, PARIS, 1984, P. 204 (THE LATTER) AND P. 206 (THE FORMER). F.-M. GRIMM, 'MARGINALIA TO DIDEROT'S SALON DE 1763', IN DIDEROT, OEUVRES COMPLèTES, ED. 1970, V, PP. 206 AND 471 RESPECTIVELY. H. COZIC, 'VIEN, SA VIE ET SON oeUVRE', IN REVUE DE FRANCE, 1965, PP. 180-1. J. LOCQUIN, LA PEINTURE D'HISTOIRE EN FRANCE DE 1747 à 1785. ETUDE SUR L'éVOLUTION DES IDéES ARTISTIQUES DANS LA SECONDE MOITIé DU XVIIIE SIèCLE, PARIS, 1912 (REPRINT, ED. 1978), P. 195, NOTE 5 AND P. 248, NOTE 5. E. M. BUKDAHL, DIDEROT, CRITIQUE D'ART, COPENHAGEN, 1980, I, P. 77 (THE LATTER). M. SANDOZ, LES LAGRENéE, I: LOUIS, JEAN, FRANçOIS LAGRENéE, 1725-1805, PARIS, 1983, P. 193, NO. 124, AS 'PRESENT WHEREABOUTS UNKNOWN' (THE FORMER). T.W. GAEHTGENS AND J. LUGAND, JOSEPH-MARIE VIEN 1716-1809, PARIS, 1988, P. 174, NO. 191, AS 'LOST' AND P. 156, UNDER NO. 120 (THE LATTER).

Provenance

COMMISSIONED AS PENDANTS BY ELISABETH-THéODOSE LE TONNELIER, ABBé DE BRETEUIL (1710-1781). PRIVATE COLLECTION, FRANCE.

Auction Details

Old Master & British Paintings Day Sale

by
Christie's
July 03, 2013, 12:00 AM GMT

8 King Street, St. James's, London, LDN, SW1Y 6QT, UK