Caricature of Nicolas-Toussaint Lemoyne, called Desessarts (1744-1810); and Caricature of Edmé Mentelle (1730-1815)

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FRANÇOIS-ANDRÉ VINCENT (PARIS 1746-1816)
Caricature of Nicolas-Toussaint Lemoyne, called Desessarts (1744-1810); and Caricature of Edmé Mentelle (1730-1815)
(i) with inscription 'Desessares/ jurisconsulte/ compitateur infatigable' (lower center) and 'Ne en 1744/ mort en 1810' (lower right);
(ii) with inscription 'le Geographe/ Mentelle né en 1730 mort en 1815/ de l'Insitut' (lower center)
pen and brown ink
(i) 5 3⁄8 x 4 3⁄8 in. (13.5 x 11.2 cm); (ii) 4 x 4 in. (10 x 10 cm)(2)

Provenance

Anonymous sale; Hôtel Drouot, Paris, ca. 1960 (without catalogue), as part of an album.
with Henri Baderou, Paris.
Elizabeth Paine, Mrs. Thomas Metcalf Card (1896-1992), Boston; by descent to
Joan Metcalf, Mrs. Henry Lee (1924-2019), Boston.

Literature

J.-P. Cuzin, 'Vincent de l'Académie de France à 'Institut de France', in La donation Suzanne et Henri Baderou au musée de Rouen. Peintures et dessins de l'École française, Paris, 1980, p. 99, note 19.
J.-P. Cuzin, François-André Vincent, 1746-1816 entre Fragonard et David, Paris, 2013, nos. 609D and 610D.

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Lot Essay

Nicolas-Toussaint Lemoyne des Essarts, called Desessarts (1744-1810) was at one point a lawyer, who switched vocations to bibliographer. There is no evidence that Desessarts was part of the Institute.

Edmé Mentelle (1730-1816) was a French geographer and one of the founding members of the Institut.

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