Attribué à Charles-Antoine Coypel

Probablement, Vente anonyme, Maître Audap et Godeau, Paris, Hôtel Drouot, 14 juin 1984, n° 54 (comme Charles-Antoine Coypel) ;
Vente anonyme, Maître Solanet, Paris, Hôtel Drouot, 14 juin 1985, n°78 (comme Charles-Antoine Coypel) ;
Acquis à cette vente par les parents de l'actuel propriétaire ;
Collection privée du sud de la France.

Probablement, T. Lefrançois, Charles Coypel 1694-1752, Alençon, 1994, p.208, numéro sous les oeuvres en rapport du numéro P.73 (comme copie ancienne).

The painting is in overall good condition. It has been relined and put as a rectangle, probably during the first half of the 20th century. The painting is under a thick old varnish, we can see two small lacks in the lower left corner. There is a trace of an old patch, which is probably in between the original canvas and the relining one, corresponding to a restoration under the shouldr of the character on the right. Under UV lignt: Under a green uniform varnish.
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