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Claude Jean Baptiste Hoin
Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 USD
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Description
- Claude Jean Baptiste Hoin
- Self Portrait
- Pastel on blue paper, lined with canvas;inscribed and dated in red pastel, centre right: Don de l'an 1805 and on the reverse:Portrait de M. Hoin, mon gendre, de L'Académie de Dijon, professeur de Dessin au Lycée de la dite ville. Peint par lui-même au mois de septembre 1805, don't il m'a fait cadeau le 19 octobre suivant
- 398 by 313 mm; 15¾ by 12¼ in
Provenance
By descent to the artist's brother-in-law, M. Adelon,
thence by descent to Roger [Royer]-Collard, Tours;
D. David-Weill, Neuilly-sur-Seine, Paris;
sale, London, Sotheby's, 10 June 1959, lot 95;
W.H. Schab Gallery, New York, late 1960s, catalogue 28, no 23, reproduced;
Emile Wolf, New York,
thence by descent
thence by descent to Roger [Royer]-Collard, Tours;
D. David-Weill, Neuilly-sur-Seine, Paris;
sale, London, Sotheby's, 10 June 1959, lot 95;
W.H. Schab Gallery, New York, late 1960s, catalogue 28, no 23, reproduced;
Emile Wolf, New York,
thence by descent
Exhibited
Cambridge, Massachusetts, Fogg Art Museum/Malibu, J. Paul Getty Museum/Montreal, Museum of Fine Arts, Louis XIII - Louis XVI: French Drawings from a Private Collection, 1980, pp. 161-162, no. 61;
Tampa Museum, Louis XIII - Louis XVI: French Drawings from a Private Collection, 1982;
Little Rock, The Arkansas Arts Center, Louis XIII - Louis XVI: French Drawings from a Private Collection, 1983
Tampa Museum, Louis XIII - Louis XVI: French Drawings from a Private Collection, 1982;
Little Rock, The Arkansas Arts Center, Louis XIII - Louis XVI: French Drawings from a Private Collection, 1983
Literature
Gabriel Henriot, La Collection David-Weill, Paris, 1926-1928, vol. II, p. 17;
Charles Morice, "Collection David-Weill," L'Art et les artistes, August 1907, vol. XXVII, p. 232;
N. Jeffares, Dictionary of pastellists before 1800, London 2006, pp. 249-250, reproduced, p. 250
Charles Morice, "Collection David-Weill," L'Art et les artistes, August 1907, vol. XXVII, p. 232;
N. Jeffares, Dictionary of pastellists before 1800, London 2006, pp. 249-250, reproduced, p. 250
Condition
Executed in pastel on blue paper, that has in turn been wrapped around a stretcher and the verso lined with canvas. There is some rubbing and minor losses to the medium, in particular to the extremities. Otherwise in predominantly good condition with the image generally strong throughout. Sold in a giltwood frame.
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In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
Catalogue Note
Claude Hoin was the the son of a distinguished doctor in Dijon. He arrived in Paris around 1772 and studied alongside fellow artist Jean Baptiste Greuze. In 1788 he became the teacher of drawing at the Royal Military School and he also became court painter to the Count of Provence, the future King Louis XVIII. Hoin produced a large number of chalk drawings on blue paper, often with pastel highlights. He also executed a number of works in gouache as well as being a talented miniaturist. His output in the pastel medium highlights his love of bold and animated colours and his application demonstrates a strong sense of draftsmanship. Hoin would frequently copy works by the Old Masters using pastel as his preferred medium.
The present work, a strong and inquisitive self portrait (a genre that Hoin clearly enjoyed as he produced so many), dates to circa 1805, and shares similar characteristics to the elegant head studies that he drew on blue paper around the same time. The soft and almost sfumato effects display a knowledge of other great pastellists like Rosalba Carriera and La Tour, who in fact we know he studied and admired, as he left two Rosalba pastels and three La Tour sketches to Dijon upon his death.
The present work, a strong and inquisitive self portrait (a genre that Hoin clearly enjoyed as he produced so many), dates to circa 1805, and shares similar characteristics to the elegant head studies that he drew on blue paper around the same time. The soft and almost sfumato effects display a knowledge of other great pastellists like Rosalba Carriera and La Tour, who in fact we know he studied and admired, as he left two Rosalba pastels and three La Tour sketches to Dijon upon his death.