Details
Jean-François de Troy (1679-1752)
Joseph and Potiphar's Wife; and Joseph accused by Potiphar's Wife
the first signed and dated 'DETROY 1744' (on the curtain upper right), the second signed, inscribed and dated 'TROY . AROME 174(6?)'
39 1/8 x 29 1/8in. (99.3 x 74.2cm.)two (2)
Joseph and Potiphar's Wife; and Joseph accused by Potiphar's Wife
the first signed and dated 'DETROY 1744' (on the curtain upper right), the second signed, inscribed and dated 'TROY . AROME 174(6?)'
39 1/8 x 29 1/8in. (99.3 x 74.2cm.)two (2)
Provenance
Dumonteil-Lagrèze
Anon. Sale, Sotheby's, Monaco, 26 Oct. 1981, lots 567 (FF 420,000) and 568
Anon. Sale, Christie's, New York, 15 Jan. 1985, lots 81 and 82
Anon. Sale, Sotheby's, Monaco, 26 Oct. 1981, lots 567 (FF 420,000) and 568
Anon. Sale, Christie's, New York, 15 Jan. 1985, lots 81 and 82
Literature
C. Blanc, Histoire des peintres. Ecole française, II, Paris, 1865, p.14
(the first only) G. Brière, Detroy, in Les Peintres Français du XVIIIe Siècle, ed. L. Dimier, II, Paris, 1930, p.42
(the first only) G. Brière, Detroy, in Les Peintres Français du XVIIIe Siècle, ed. L. Dimier, II, Paris, 1930, p.42
Engraved
(the first only) Claude-Olivier Galimard, Rome, 1745