A Private European Residence: French and Neoclassical Furniture and Paintings & Works on Paper

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Lot 143
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Pauline Auzou Paris 1775 – 1835

Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 GBP
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Description

  • Pauline Auzou
  • Portrait of a gentleman in his study, his daughter reading on his knee
  • signed lower left: PL. (in compendium) ne. auzou.
  • oil on panel

Provenance

Anonymous sale, New York, Christie's, 21 October 1997, lot 333, where acquired by the present owner.

Catalogue Note

A pupil of Regnault, Pauline Auzou, née Desmarquets, is best known for her history paintings, both of ancient Greek and contemporary subjects, and for her "Troubadour" style paintings, emotive genre painting inspired by Dutch 17th century masters of light such as Pieter de Hooch.  She exhibited regularly at the Salon between 1793 and 1817.