Jean-Baptiste Le Prince
PORTRAIT OF A WOMAN ON A DIVAN
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November 20, 10:09 PM GMT
Estimate
600,000 - 800,000 USD
Lot Details
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JEAN-BAPTISTE LE PRINCE
PORTRAIT OF A WOMAN ON A DIVAN
signed and dated lower left: Le Prince 1772
oil on canvas, unlined
28 5/8 by 35 5/8 in.; 72.7 by 90.5 cm
Pierre Joseph Victor, Baron de Besenval de Brünstatt, by 1773, probably acquired directly from the artist
His sale, Paris, Baillet, 10 August 1795, lot 70, with incorrect dimensions
There probably acquired by Auguste Filleul
Thence by descent to Edmond Filleul (1818-1897)
Thence by descent in the Peyriague collection
By whom sold, Monaco, Sotheby's, 21 June 1991, lot 17
There acquired
His sale, Paris, Baillet, 10 August 1795, lot 70, with incorrect dimensions
There probably acquired by Auguste Filleul
Thence by descent to Edmond Filleul (1818-1897)
Thence by descent in the Peyriague collection
By whom sold, Monaco, Sotheby's, 21 June 1991, lot 17
There acquired
Paris, Salon, 1773, no. 52 (as Une femme se reposant sur un canapé, lent by the Comte de Besenval)
Éloge des tableaux exposés au Louvre le 26 août 1773. Suivi de l’entretien d’un lord, avec M. l’abbé Axxx, Paris 1773, pp. 41-42
E. Bellier de la Chavignerie and L. Auvray, Dictionnaire général des artistes de l’école française, Paris, 1882, vol. I, p. 1017
J. Collins, "Genre Paintings Exhibited at the Salon, 1699-1789," in The Age of Watteau, Chardin, and Fragonard: Masterpieces of French Genre Painting, exhibition catalogue, Ottawa 2003, pp. 397, 402
E. Bellier de la Chavignerie and L. Auvray, Dictionnaire général des artistes de l’école française, Paris, 1882, vol. I, p. 1017
J. Collins, "Genre Paintings Exhibited at the Salon, 1699-1789," in The Age of Watteau, Chardin, and Fragonard: Masterpieces of French Genre Painting, exhibition catalogue, Ottawa 2003, pp. 397, 402