Lot 378
  • 378

Louis de Moni Breda 1698 - 1771 Leiden

Estimate
25,000 - 35,000 USD
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Description

  • Louis de Moni
  • An Interior with a kitchen maid cleaning a copper pot and a youth and young woman playing Jeu de L'Oie
  • signed lower left L : De Moni f. and inscribed on the boardgame GANSE.P...
  • oil on panel

Provenance

With Frost and Reed, inv. no. 3024, by May 1946, by whom sold to
the parents of the present owner.

Catalogue Note

Louis de Moni took as his subject a youth and young woman playing jeu d'oie, or Gansespel, in another painting, signed and dated 1743, sold London, Christie's, March 23, 1990, lot 53.  The figure of the youth in this and the Christie's picture are very much alike; both wear a brown coat and cap, have similarly animated facial features, and wavy light brown hair.