Study for the head of a Rabbi, bust-length, in profile, in a red robe with a jewelled clasp

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Jean-Hughes Taraval (Paris 1729-1785)
Study for the head of a Rabbi, bust-length, in profile, in a red robe with a jewelled clasp
signed 'Taraval' (lower left)
oil on paper laid down on canvas
19 3/8 x 15¾ in. (49.5 x 40.2 cm.)

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Lot Essay

After spending his early years in Stockholm, where he was taught by his father, Guillaume-Thomas Taraval, Jean-Hugues entered the studio of Jean-Baptiste Pierre in Paris. In 1769 he was reçu as a member of the Académie Royale with the Triumph of Bacchus for the ceiling of the Galerie d'Apollon in the Louvre and appointed a professor in 1785. As a decorative painter he was much in demand, receiving commissions for the Ecole Militaire (1773), the Collège de France (1777) and Versailles (1780). He also exhibited regularly at the Salon. His paintings are reliant on the work of François Boucher, Charles-Joseph Natoire and his former master, Pierre.

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