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* Nicolas de Largillierre Paris 1656 - 1746

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Description

  • Nicolas de Largillierre
  • Portrait of a Gentleman
  • oval, oil on canvas

Provenance

Commander G.F. Duveen;
By whom sold, London, Christie's, September 27, 1946, lot 116;
Anonymous sale, London, Christie's, April 6, 1984, lot 71
With E.J. Landrigan, New York, from whom purchased by the present collector in 1985.

Literature

Nicolas de Largilliere 1656-1746, Musée Jacquemart-André, Exhibition Catalogue, Institut de France, Paris, October 14-January 30, 2004, reproduced p. 27.

Catalogue Note

Although the sitter of the present portrait is not known, his depiction is typical in design and quality of Largilliere's bust-length portraits of wealthy and eminent Parisians.

According to old documents, the present painting was dated to 1868 by the Marquis de Lastic on the basis of photographs.