François-Guillaume Ménageot (London 1744-1816 Paris)

Self-portrait of the artist, half-length, in a brown coat and a brush in his right hand

Details

François-Guillaume Ménageot (London 1744-1816 Paris)
Self-portrait of the artist, half-length, in a brown coat and a brush in his right hand
oil on canvas
30 x 24¾ in. (76.2 x 62.9 cm.)

Provenance

Possibly the undated self-portrait listed in the inventory of the artist's house drawn up on 8 November 1816 after his death (Paris, Archives Nationales, Minutier Central, XXIX, 811): Item trois portraits, savoir deux de Mr. Menageot par lui-même, dont un date de 1797, sur toile et sans bordures et un portrait de femme, lesdits portraits étant de famille tirés ici pour mémoire.
M. de Villeroy (according to an old label on the stretcher).
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 12 April 1985, lot 164.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 20 July 1990, lot 69, where acquired by the present owner.

Literature

N. Wilk-brocard, François-Guillaume Ménageot, 1744-1816, 1976, p. 42, p. 77, cat. no. 32, and fig. 53 (where it is suggested that the present work is a study with variations for the artist's self-portrait of 1797 in the Musée Fabre, Montpellier).

If you wish to view the condition report of this lot, please sign in to your account.

View condition report

Lot Essay

A pupil of Joseph-Marie Vien (1716-1809) and François Boucher (1703-1770), Ménageot won the Prix de Rome and a stay at the French Academy in Rome from 1769 to 1774. The Académie Royale in Paris approved Ménageot as a history painter in 1777 and he went on to be given a good reception for his works at the Salon.

More from Old Master & 19th Century Art

View All