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Portrait of a gentleman, said to be the Chevalier de Billaut, seated, half-length
Details
Circle of François-André Vincent (Paris 1746-1816)
Portrait of a gentleman, said to be the Chevalier de Billaut, seated, half-length
oil on canvas, feigned oval
21¾ x 18 1/8 in. (55.3 x 46.2 cm.)
Portrait of a gentleman, said to be the Chevalier de Billaut, seated, half-length
oil on canvas, feigned oval
21¾ x 18 1/8 in. (55.3 x 46.2 cm.)
Provenance
M. le Comte Guérin.
Vicomte Gabriel de Chabut.
J. Lassalle, Paris; (+) sale, Hotel Drouot, 16-19 December, 1901, lot 13 (sold for 8,500 Fr.)
with S.J. Frank, New York, 1916, by whom sold to
William Salomon (1852-1919), 1020 Fifth Avenue, New York; (+) sale, Mr. Thomas E. Kirby and his Associates of The American Art Association, 1923, lot 385, as Jean Honoré Fragonard.
The Salomon Collection; sale, Mr. O. Bernet and Mr. H. H. Parke, American Art Association Inc, 4-6 January 1928, lot 770, as Jean Honoré Fragonard (sold for $24,000).
Mrs. Joseph Heine (formerly Mrs. I.D. Levy); sale, Park-Bernet Galleries, New York, 24-25 November, 1944, lot 255, as Jean-Honoré Fragonard (sold for $12,000).
with Nicholas Acquavella by 1949, by whom sold to
Walter Chrysler Jr., Virginia.
with Central Picture Galleries, New York, and by descent to the present owner.
Vicomte Gabriel de Chabut.
J. Lassalle, Paris; (+) sale, Hotel Drouot, 16-19 December, 1901, lot 13 (sold for 8,500 Fr.)
with S.J. Frank, New York, 1916, by whom sold to
William Salomon (1852-1919), 1020 Fifth Avenue, New York; (+) sale, Mr. Thomas E. Kirby and his Associates of The American Art Association, 1923, lot 385, as Jean Honoré Fragonard.
The Salomon Collection; sale, Mr. O. Bernet and Mr. H. H. Parke, American Art Association Inc, 4-6 January 1928, lot 770, as Jean Honoré Fragonard (sold for $24,000).
Mrs. Joseph Heine (formerly Mrs. I.D. Levy); sale, Park-Bernet Galleries, New York, 24-25 November, 1944, lot 255, as Jean-Honoré Fragonard (sold for $12,000).
with Nicholas Acquavella by 1949, by whom sold to
Walter Chrysler Jr., Virginia.
with Central Picture Galleries, New York, and by descent to the present owner.
Literature
R. Portalis, Honoré Fragonard, sa vie et son oeuvre, Paris, 1889, p. 272, as Fragonard.
P. de Nolhac, J. H. Fragonard 1732-1836, Paris, 1906, p. 110, as Fragonard.
Art Digest, 15 November 1944 (illustrated).
L. Reau, Fragonard, sa vie et son oeuvre, Brussels, 1956, p. 173, as Fragonard, under F. Portraits; 1.A (Portraits identifiés, Portraits d'Hommes).
P. de Nolhac, J. H. Fragonard 1732-1836, Paris, 1906, p. 110, as Fragonard.
Art Digest, 15 November 1944 (illustrated).
L. Reau, Fragonard, sa vie et son oeuvre, Brussels, 1956, p. 173, as Fragonard, under F. Portraits; 1.A (Portraits identifiés, Portraits d'Hommes).
Exhibited
Paris, Exposition des Portraits Historiques, 1878.
New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Special Loan Exhibition of French Eighteenth Century Paintings and Sculpture, 1935-6.
New York World's Fair, 'Catalogue of European and American Paintings 1500-1900', Masterpieces of Art, ed. by W. Pach, May-October, 1940, no. 199.
New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Special Loan Exhibition of French Eighteenth Century Paintings and Sculpture, 1935-6.
New York World's Fair, 'Catalogue of European and American Paintings 1500-1900', Masterpieces of Art, ed. by W. Pach, May-October, 1940, no. 199.
Special notice
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium, which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.