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Louis-Jean-Francois Lagrenée (Paris 1725-1805)
An Allegory of Music: Orpheus, Pluto and Euridices
Details
Louis-Jean-Francois Lagrenée (Paris 1725-1805)
An Allegory of Music: Orpheus, Pluto and Euridices
signed and dated 'L. Lagrenée / 1772.' (lower left)
oil on copper
16 ¾ x 13 ¼ in. (42.5 x 33.7 cm.)
An Allegory of Music: Orpheus, Pluto and Euridices
signed and dated 'L. Lagrenée / 1772.' (lower left)
oil on copper
16 ¾ x 13 ¼ in. (42.5 x 33.7 cm.)
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Rue du Gros Chenet, No. 488, Paris, 16 February 1798 (=1st day), lot 69, sold with 'Anacréon couronné sur le Parnasse' (220 francs).
Anonymous sale; Artcurial, Paris, 12 December 2004, lot 35.
Anonymous sale; Artcurial, Paris, 12 December 2004, lot 35.
Literature
Mercure de France, Paris, 1773, I, p. 170.
M. Sandoz, Les Lagrenee: I. - Louis, Jean, Francois Lagrenee 1725-1805, Paris, 1983, pp. 235-236, no. 245.
M. Sandoz, Les Lagrenee: I. - Louis, Jean, Francois Lagrenee 1725-1805, Paris, 1983, pp. 235-236, no. 245.
Exhibited
Paris, Salon, 1773, no. 16, as part of a set of four paintings (nos. 13-16) representing the Arts with mythological subjects.
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Lucy Cox