THE PROPERTY OF A PRIVATE COLLECTOR
JEAN BAPTISTE LEPRINCE* (1734-1781)
Details
JEAN BAPTISTE LEPRINCE* (1734-1781)
A Lady, seated small full length, wearing a pink satin dress, holding a letter and a posy, before a yellow curtain; and A Lady, seated small full length, wearing a brocade dress, embroidering beside a table with a birdcage, in an interior
the second signed and dated 'Le Prince 1766.'--oil on canvas
16¼ x 13 1/8in. (41.3 x 33.3cm.) A Pair (2)
A Lady, seated small full length, wearing a pink satin dress, holding a letter and a posy, before a yellow curtain; and A Lady, seated small full length, wearing a brocade dress, embroidering beside a table with a birdcage, in an interior
the second signed and dated 'Le Prince 1766.'--oil on canvas
16¼ x 13 1/8in. (41.3 x 33.3cm.) A Pair (2)
Provenance
M. Bécherel, Paris; sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, Nov. 26-28, 1883, lots 29 and 30 (1,900 francs)
Literature
Collection des Livrets des Anciennes Expositions depuis 1673 jusqu'en 1800, 1869, p. 24, nos. 98 and 99
J. Seznec and J. Adhémar, Diderot Salons, 1963, III (1767), pp. 217-18
J. Seznec and J. Adhémar, Diderot Salons, 1963, III (1767), pp. 217-18
Exhibited
Paris, Salon, 1767, nos. 98 and 99
Engraved
the first as 'L'Amour des Fleurs' and the second as 'L'Amour du Travail' (in reverse)