Studio of Jean-François de Troy (Paris 1679-1752 Rome)
Studio of Jean-François de Troy (Paris 1679-1752 Rome)

Susanna and the Elders

Details
Studio of Jean-François de Troy (Paris 1679-1752 Rome)
Susanna and the Elders
oil on canvas
38 5/8 x 53 ¼ in. (98 x 135.2 cm.)
Provenance
Franchetti Collection, Venice; Palais Galliera, Paris, 2 December 1974, lot 30.
Anonymous sale; Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 29 November 1991, lot 37, as 'Attributed to Jean-François de Troy'.
The Estate of Giancarlo Baroni; Sotheby's, New York, 31 January 2013, lot 176.
Literature
C. Leribault, Jean-François de Troy, Paris 2002, p. 407, under no. P. 326, as a workshop replica.

Lot Essay

This appears to be a high-quality workshop replica of De Troy's signed painting of 1748 today in the Fundacíon Luis A. Ferré, Ponce, Puerto Rico (see Leribault, cat. no. P.326, ill. p.121).

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