Lot 125: Pierre-Antoine Marchais

Pierre-Antoine Marchais
Born 1763 - 1859 died in Paris
a classical landscape with belisarius amongst peasants
signed lower centre: P.A.Marchais f.
oil on canvas, unlined
54.8 by 73.2 cm.; 21 1/2 by 28 3/4 in.
Exhibited:
Paris, Salon, 1793, no. 568.
Literature:
Description des ouvrages de peinture, sculpture...exposes au Salon du Louvre, Paris 1793, p. 56, no. 568 ('Vue des Campagnes de Rome avec Belisaire rencontre par des Paysans');
E. Bellier & L. Auvray, Dictionnaire general des artistes de l'Ecole francaise, vol. ii, Paris 1885, p. 26.