Lot Essay
We are grateful to the Conservatoire du Portrait du Dix-Huitième Siècle for proposing the attribution on the basis of photographs (private communication, 30 August 2023).
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Portrait of a boy, bust length, in a hat with a blue ribbon and sash
Details
ETIENNE AUBRY (VERSAILLES 1745-1781)
Portrait of a boy, bust length, in a hat with a blue ribbon and sash
oil on canvas, oval
18 x 15 in. (45.8 x 38.1 cm.)
Portrait of a boy, bust length, in a hat with a blue ribbon and sash
oil on canvas, oval
18 x 15 in. (45.8 x 38.1 cm.)
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Guillaume Le Floc'h, Paris, 9 May 2021, lot 22, as Jean-Baptiste Huet, where acquired by the present owner.
Exhibited
(Probably) Versailles, Enfants d'Autrefois: L'enfant dans l'art, la vie et le livre français du XVII au milieu du XIX siècle, May-June 1931, no. 83.
Brought to you by
Taylor Alessio
Associate Vice President, Associate Specialist Head of Part II