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ALEXANDRE-FRANÇOIS DESPORTES (CHAMPIGNEULLE 1661-1743 PARIS)

Lot 205
18.05.2022 14:30UTC +01:00
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Lot 205 | ALEXANDRE-FRANÇOIS DESPORTES (CHAMPIGNEULLE 1661-1743 PARIS)
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€ 40 000 – 60 000
ALEXANDRE-FRANÇOIS DESPORTES (CHAMPIGNEULLE 1661-1743 PARIS)Satyres et chèvre, à l'imitation de bas-relief d'après Gérard van Opstal (1594-1668)signé et daté 'Desportes / 1740' (en bas, à droite)huile sur toile41 x 63,8 cm (16 1⁄8 x 25 1⁄8 in.) Provenance Collection des comtes de Warwick, château de Warwick, Grande-Bretagne ; puis par descendance à Charles Guy Fulke Greville, 7e comte de Warwick, 7e comte Brooke (1911-1984), château de Warwick, Grande-Bretagne.Vente Christie's [The Trustees of the Warwick Castle Resettlement], Londres, 21 juin 1968, lot 59 (comme 'Claude François Desportes' et incorrectement catalogué comme 'daté 1766').Collection Sir Hugh Leggatt (1925-2014), Grande-Bretagne ; puis par descendance à son épouse, Caroline Gaynor, Lady Leggatt (1938-2021), Grande-Bretagne. Literature P. Jacky, François Desportes, 1661-1743: monographie et catalogue raisonné, thèse de doctorat, Paris, université de Paris-Sorbonne, 1999, IV, pp. 810-811, n°P 818. G. de Lastic, P. Jacky, Desportes, Saint-Rémy-en-l'Eau, 2010, reproduit en couleurs p. 232. G. de Lastic, P. Jacky, Desportes. Catalogue raisonné, Saint-Rémy-en-l'Eau, 2010, p. 228, n°P 818 et peut-être n°P 819, reproduit en couleurs p. 228. Exhibited Peut-être Paris, Grand Salon du Louvre, Salon, 22 août-12 septembre 1740, n°34 (comme 'Autre [tableau] plus petit, imitant un bas relief de marbre blanc, sali par le temps, qui représente des Enfans joüans ensemble'). Special notice ƒ: In addition to the regular Buyer’s premium, a commission of 5.5%inclusive of VAT of the hammer price will be charged to the buyer.It will be refunded to the Buyer upon proof of export of the lotoutside the European Union within the legal time limit. (Please refer to section VAT refunds) Post lot text ALEXANDRE-FRANÇOIS DESPORTES, SATYRS AND GOATS, IN IMITATION OF A BAS-RELIEF AFTER GERARD VAN OPSTAL (1594-1668), OIL ON CANVAS, SIGNED AND DATEDThis imitation of bas-relief seems to stand out in the work of Alexandre-François Desportes (1661-1743), a painter traditionally associated with still lifes and hunting scenes. However, this is not his first attempt: the painter had already distinguished himself in this genre at the Salons of 1725 and 1737 (G. de Lastic, P. Jacky, Desportes. Catalogue raisonné, p. 228, no. P 681 and P 774) whilst several of his still lifes integrate such bas-reliefs, like Nature morte au pot à oille, bas-relief, aiguière et violon (Mulhouse, Musée des beaux-arts, inv. D.73.1.19) and Nature morte au gibier, fruits et instruments de musique (Gien, musée international de la chasse, inv. D 53 23 29; S 2).Here, our painter is copying a bas-relief by Gerard van Opstal (1594-1668), a Flemish sculptor influenced by Duquesnoy (1597-1643), whose mythological subjects, already very popular among his contemporaries, were admired well into the 17th century. Part of the royal collections, the bas-relief shown here shows a satyr, accompanied by three children and two young satyrs, playing with a goat. It was the same relief that Chardin (1699-1779) presented nearly thirty years later at the Salon of 1769 (P. Rosenberg, Chardin, [exh. cat.], Paris, Grand Palais, 1979, p. 357, n°132).It is possible that our work is the one exhibited at the 1740 Salon (G. de Lastic, P. Jacky, Desportes, Catalogue raisonné, p. 228, n°P 819). The absence of precise dimensions in the Salon booklet, as well as its summary description, do not allow us to confirm this today.
Artist:Alexandre-François Desportes (1661 - 1743)
Applied technique:Oil on canvas
Place of origin:Western Europe, France, Europe
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