Attributed to Laurent de La Hyre (Paris 1606-1656) , Job restored to Prosperity

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10 July 1998

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Lot 209

Attributed to Laurent de La Hyre (Paris 1606-1656)

Job restored to Prosperity

Price realised

GBP 5,750

Estimate

GBP 4,000 - GBP 6,000

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Attributed to Laurent de La Hyre (Paris 1606-1656)
Job restored to Prosperity
oil on canvas
50½ x 37¾ in. (128 x 96 cm.)

Provenance

(Possibly) Vincent Donjeux, 'ancien négociant de tableaux et de curiosités; (+) sale, Paris, 29 April 1793, lot 320 'Laurent de La Hyre - Un sujet historique. Un vieillard à qui une femme vient de remettre un bijou d'or et présente un Bélier tandis que quatre autre personnages lui apportent un Mouton: le fond est terminé par de l'architecture et du paysage. Haut. 47 p. Larg. 36 T.'
(Possibly) Maréchal Sébastiani; (+) sale, Paris, 24-28 Nov. 1851, lot 169 'Sujet de l'Ancien Testament, composition de plusieurs figures et animaux'.
Anon. sale, Sotheby's, London, 23 March 1949, lot 137 (to Beilby).
(Possibly) Anon. sale, Paris, 23 June 1964, lot 31, as 'Laurent de La Hyre ou son atelier - Bélisaire... 128 x 96 cm.'.
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Literature and exhibited

Literature

P. Rosenberg in the catalogue of the exhibition, La peinture franaise du XVIIe siècle dans les collections américaines, Grand Palais, Paris, 1982, p. 249, under no. 32.
P. Rosenberg and J. Thuillier, catalogue of the exhibition, Laurent de La Hyre, Grenoble, Rennes and Bordeaux, 1989-90, p. 280, under no. 280.

Lot Essay

The present picture is listed by Rosenberg and Thuillier, loc. cit., as a copy of the painting, signed and dated 1648, in the Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, Virginia.
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Lot 209

Attributed to Laurent de La Hyre (Paris 1606-1656)

Job restored to Prosperity

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