Jean Alaux, called Le Romain
Under the Arbor
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June 10, 02:38 PM GMT
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Jean Alaux, called Le Romain
Bordeaux 1786 - 1864 Paris
Under the Arbor
Oil on canvas
Signed and dated lower right alaux 1862.
81,5 x 161,5 cm ; 32⅛ by 63⅝ in.
Collection of the painter Guillaume Bodinier;
Anonymous sale, Sotheby's, Monaco, 21 June 1986, lot 83;
Where acquired by the present owner.
A painter of historical and mythological subjects, Jean Alaux was awarded the Grand Prix de Rome in 1815. While he was staying at the Villa Medici from 1817 to 1821, he became friends with Ingres who made two portraits of him in graphite. Jean Alaux painted Ingres in his studio (Musée de Montauban), which remains one of his most well-known works.
He was one of King Louis-Philippe’s favourite painters, and the monarch entrusted him with important works, especally for the Château de Versailles, where Alaux made several panels for the Galerie des Batailles.
