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Portrait of the Marquise de Flavacourt as Venus, half-length, with Cupid sleeping beside her
Details
JEAN-MARC NATTIER (Paris 1685-1766) and studio
Portrait of the Marquise de Flavacourt as Venus, half-length, with Cupid sleeping beside her
oil on canvas
41 x 58 in. (104.1 x 147.2 cm.)
Portrait of the Marquise de Flavacourt as Venus, half-length, with Cupid sleeping beside her
oil on canvas
41 x 58 in. (104.1 x 147.2 cm.)
Provenance
Commissioned by Count Gustav Tessin.
Count von Platen, Stockholm, by 1895.
Comte B. de Castellane.
Sir Lionel Phillips; his sale, Christie's, London, 25 April 1913, lot 68 (3100 gns. to Alby).
Mrs. G. E. Locket.
C. Morland Agnew; Christie's, London, 9 July 1926, lot 135 (2000gns. to Hopkins).
Mrs E. M. Hodgkins, Christie's, London, 25 November 1966, lot 77.
Count von Platen, Stockholm, by 1895.
Comte B. de Castellane.
Sir Lionel Phillips; his sale, Christie's, London, 25 April 1913, lot 68 (3100 gns. to Alby).
Mrs. G. E. Locket.
C. Morland Agnew; Christie's, London, 9 July 1926, lot 135 (2000gns. to Hopkins).
Mrs E. M. Hodgkins, Christie's, London, 25 November 1966, lot 77.
Literature
O. Granberg, Catalogue raisonné de tableaux anciens inconnus jusqu'ici dans les collections privées de la Suède, Stockholm, 1886, I.
F. Engerand, 'Nattier, peintre des favorites de Louis XV', La Revue de L'art ancien et moderne, 1897, pp. 329 and 428.
Lady Dilke, French Painters of the Eighteenth Century, London, 1899, p. 150.
P. de Nolhac, Louis XV and Marie Leczinska, Paris, 1900, p. 160.
P. de Nolhac, J.-M. Nattier peintre de la cour de Louis XV, Paris, 1905, pp. 54, 57 and 103.
P. Lespinasse, 'L'Art français et la Suède de 1688 à 1826. Appendix IV', Bulletin de la société de l'histoire de l'art français, 1911, pp. 319-337.
G.W. Lundberg, 'Carl Gustaf Tessins Konstsamling pa Akero', Carl Gustaf Tessin och konsten, SKM Arsbok, XVII, 1970, pp. 43-93.
X. Salmon, in the exhibition catalogue, Jean-Marc Nattier 1685-1766, Versailles 1999-2000, pp. 128-130, under no. 28, fig. 1.
F. Engerand, 'Nattier, peintre des favorites de Louis XV', La Revue de L'art ancien et moderne, 1897, pp. 329 and 428.
Lady Dilke, French Painters of the Eighteenth Century, London, 1899, p. 150.
P. de Nolhac, Louis XV and Marie Leczinska, Paris, 1900, p. 160.
P. de Nolhac, J.-M. Nattier peintre de la cour de Louis XV, Paris, 1905, pp. 54, 57 and 103.
P. Lespinasse, 'L'Art français et la Suède de 1688 à 1826. Appendix IV', Bulletin de la société de l'histoire de l'art français, 1911, pp. 319-337.
G.W. Lundberg, 'Carl Gustaf Tessins Konstsamling pa Akero', Carl Gustaf Tessin och konsten, SKM Arsbok, XVII, 1970, pp. 43-93.
X. Salmon, in the exhibition catalogue, Jean-Marc Nattier 1685-1766, Versailles 1999-2000, pp. 128-130, under no. 28, fig. 1.
Exhibited
Stockholm, Bukowski, Utställningen af äldere mästares taflor m.m. vr svenska privatsamlinger, 1884, no. 31.
Paris, Galerie Sedelmeyer, The Second hundred Paintings...by Old Masters...belonging to the Sedelmeyer Gallery, 1895, no. 68.
London, Guildhall, 1902, no. 6.
London, Grafton Galleries, 1910, no. 98.
Paris, Galerie Sedelmeyer, The Second hundred Paintings...by Old Masters...belonging to the Sedelmeyer Gallery, 1895, no. 68.
London, Guildhall, 1902, no. 6.
London, Grafton Galleries, 1910, no. 98.