Jean Raoux
Vestal Virgin Carrying the Sacred Flame
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June 2, 05:22 PM GMT
Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 USD
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Jean Raoux
Montpellier 1677 - 1734 Paris
Vestal Virgin Carrying the Sacred Flame
signed or inscribed and dated on the canvas verso: J. Raoux f / 1731
oil on canvas
canvas: 28 ½ by 36 in.; 72.4 by 91.4 cm
framed: 37 ⅛ by 43 ⅞ in.; 94.3 by 111.4 cm
Duc Caumont de La Force;
With Galerie Aaron, Paris, 2000;
From whom acquired by the present collector.
B. Desmarest, L. Pouzol, and A. Salz, Didier Aaron Catalogue VI, exhibition catalogue, Paris 2000, n.p., cat. no. 7, reproduced;
C. Alegret and O. Zeder, in Jean Raoux: Un peintre sous la Régence, 1677-1734, exhibition catalogue, Paris 2009, pp. 150, 194, cat. no. 16bis, reproduced.