A Scholar Collects

A Scholar Collects

A Scholar Collects

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A Scholar Collects

8 January - 31 January 2024 • New York

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Overview
Madame Vigée Le Brun Seated in a Garden Reading a Letter

1 Jacques-Antoine-Marie Lemoine

Madame Vigée Le Brun Seated in a Garden Reading a Letter

The Grove of the Arc de Triomphe in the Gardens of Versailles

2 Jacques Rigaud

The Grove of the Arc de Triomphe in the Gardens of Versailles

Figure studies mounted on an album page

3 Hubert Robert and Jean-Robert Ango

Figure studies mounted on an album page

Four separate sheets of figure studies, mounted on an album page

4 Hubert Robert

Four separate sheets of figure studies, mounted on an album page

View of the Interior of the Grotto of Posillipo

5 Hubert Robert

View of the Interior of the Grotto of Posillipo

Dorimel Bidding Farewell to His Wife and Her Parents before His Execution: An Illustration for Le Déserteur by Louis-Sébastien Mercier

6 Gabriel-Jacques de Saint-Aubin

Dorimel Bidding Farewell to His Wife and Her Parents before His Execution: An Illustration for Le Déserteur by Louis-Sébastien Mercier

The Little Eugène de Montesquiou-Fézensac Asleep

7 Élisabeth Louise Vigée-Le Brun

The Little Eugène de Montesquiou-Fézensac Asleep

Profile Portrait of the Duchesse de Polignac

8 Élisabeth Louise Vigée-Le Brun

Profile Portrait of the Duchesse de Polignac

Sky study

9 Élisabeth Louise Vigée-Le Brun

Sky study

Landscape of the Ardennes with the Church of Mohon

10 Élisabeth Louise Vigée-Le Brun

Landscape of the Ardennes with the Church of Mohon

Self-Portrait In Traveling Costume

11 Élisabeth Louise Vigée-Le Brun

Self-Portrait In Traveling Costume

Portrait of the Artist's Mother, Madame Le Sèvre, née Jeanne Maissin

12 Élisabeth Louise Vigée (later Madame Vigée Le Brun)

Portrait of the Artist's Mother, Madame Le Sèvre, née Jeanne Maissin

Portrait of a Woman wearing a Blue Mantelet with a "Coqueluchon" Bonnet

13 Louis Vigée

Portrait of a Woman wearing a Blue Mantelet with a "Coqueluchon" Bonnet

Portraits of the Artist's Parents:  A) Jean Simon Gérard (c. 1740-1790)  B) Madame Gérard, née Cleria Caterina Pasqua Camilla Matteï (1750-1793)

14 François Pascal Simon Gérard, called Baron Gérard

Portraits of the Artist's Parents: A) Jean Simon Gérard (c. 1740-1790) B) Madame Gérard, née Cleria Caterina Pasqua Camilla Matteï (1750-1793)

Venus and Cupid

15 Pierre-Paul Prud'hon

Venus and Cupid

Portrait of Jean-Baptiste Boyer de Fonscolombe

16 Claude Arnulphy

Portrait of Jean-Baptiste Boyer de Fonscolombe

Portrait Medallion of a Gentleman, possibly Joseph-Jean-Baptiste Albouy, called Dazincourt

17 Joseph Chinard

Portrait Medallion of a Gentleman, possibly Joseph-Jean-Baptiste Albouy, called Dazincourt

Portrait of André Joseph Hippolyte de Gramont

18 French School, circa 1778

Portrait of André Joseph Hippolyte de Gramont

Portrait of the Duchesse de Guiche, née Louise Françoise Gabrielle Aglaé de Polignac

19 Élisabeth Louise Vigée-Le Brun

Portrait of the Duchesse de Guiche, née Louise Françoise Gabrielle Aglaé de Polignac

 A young woman wearing pearl earrings, with flowers in her hair (possibly a portrait of the artist’s sister Giovanna)

20 Rosalba Carriera

A young woman wearing pearl earrings, with flowers in her hair (possibly a portrait of the artist’s sister Giovanna)

Design for Pedestal Table (Classical Subjects)

21 Jean-Philippe-Guy le Gentil, Comte de Paroy

Design for Pedestal Table (Classical Subjects)

A Bacchanale with Egyptian and Classical Figures

22 Jean-Philippe-Guy le Gentil, Comte de Paroy (after Charles Monnet)

A Bacchanale with Egyptian and Classical Figures

Homage to the Comte de Paroy

23 Homage to the Comte de Paroy

Homage to the Comte de Paroy

Jean-Philippe-Guy Le Gentil, Comte de Paroy, Expelled from David's Studio

24 Attributed to Pierre-Nolasque Bergeret and Charles Porphyre Alexandre Desains

Jean-Philippe-Guy Le Gentil, Comte de Paroy, Expelled from David's Studio

Still Life of Peaches in a Wicker Basket atop a Blue Tablecloth

25 Pierre Dupuis

Still Life of Peaches in a Wicker Basket atop a Blue Tablecloth

Still Life of the Remnants of a Meal with a Lunging Cat

26 Alexandre-François Desportes

Still Life of the Remnants of a Meal with a Lunging Cat

Portrait of a Little Girl

27 Élisabeth Louise Vigée-Le Brun

Portrait of a Little Girl

Four landscapes:  A) Landscape with a River Crossing a Valley;  B) Landscape with a Steepled Church;  C) Landscape with a Tree on the Edge of a Waterway;  D) Landscape with Bushes and Shrubs

28 Élisabeth Louise Vigée-Le Brun

Four landscapes: A) Landscape with a River Crossing a Valley; B) Landscape with a Steepled Church; C) Landscape with a Tree on the Edge of a Waterway; D) Landscape with Bushes and Shrubs

Portrait of a Sleeping Infant

29 Élisabeth Louise Vigée-Le Brun

Portrait of a Sleeping Infant

Mother and Child at a Window

30 Hubert Robert

Mother and Child at a Window

Sky study with a tree, possibly in the Meuse Valley

31 Élisabeth Louise Vigée-Le Brun

Sky study with a tree, possibly in the Meuse Valley

The Meuse Valley with a village and figures

32 Élisabeth Louise Vigée-Le Brun

The Meuse Valley with a village and figures

Tapestry Design: Allegorical and Mythological Symbols of the Heavens, the Earth and the Underworld

33 Gilles-Marie Oppenordt

Tapestry Design: Allegorical and Mythological Symbols of the Heavens, the Earth and the Underworld

La Veillée, ou les Couturières

34 Léon-Augustin Lhermitte

La Veillée, ou les Couturières

Portrait of Père Théophile

35 French School, 18th century

Portrait of Père Théophile

The Universe of Gargantua (After Dinner in the Willow Grove)

36 Gustave Doré

The Universe of Gargantua (After Dinner in the Willow Grove)

Double Fan-Shaped Scenes from Greco-Roman Mythology:   A) The Triumph of Bacchus and The Departure of Helen of Troy;   B) The Fountain of the Graces and Volumnia Imploring Coriolanus

37 French School, circa 1700

Double Fan-Shaped Scenes from Greco-Roman Mythology: A) The Triumph of Bacchus and The Departure of Helen of Troy; B) The Fountain of the Graces and Volumnia Imploring Coriolanus

Élévation d'un Temple antique que l'on croit estre celui de Jupiter Serapis à Pouzzoles près de Naples

38 Jean-Claude Richard, Abbé de Saint-Non

Élévation d'un Temple antique que l'on croit estre celui de Jupiter Serapis à Pouzzoles près de Naples

Portrait of Louise-Maria-Adélaïde, Duchesse d’Orleans (1753-1821), after Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun

39 Attributed to Jacques Thouron

Portrait of Louise-Maria-Adélaïde, Duchesse d’Orleans (1753-1821), after Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun

Le Congrès de Vienne

40 John Godefroy (after Jean-Baptiste Isabey)

Le Congrès de Vienne

Napoléon Ier Presenting the Newborn King of Rome to Empress Marie Louise in Her Bedroom in the Palais des Tuileries

41 Jean-Baptiste Isabey

Napoléon Ier Presenting the Newborn King of Rome to Empress Marie Louise in Her Bedroom in the Palais des Tuileries