JEAN BARBAULT (VIARMES 1718-1762 ROME)

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Lot 26 | JEAN BARBAULT (VIARMES 1718-1762 ROME)
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€ 20 000 – 30 000
JEAN BARBAULT (VIARMES 1718-1762 ROME)
La Vénitienne
huile sur toile
25 x 18 cm (9 7/8 x 7 in.)




Provenance

[Peut-être] Appartient à l'ensemble des douze tableaux commandés à l'artiste par Abel-François Poisson de Vandières (1727-1781), marquis de Marigny, en 1750 (selon le catalogue d'exposition de 1959, voir infra).
Chez Galerie Matthiesen, Londres, en 1955 (selon P. Rosenberg, 1972 et D. Jacquot et al., 2010, voir infra).
L. Rocchetti, Rome, depuis au moins 1959 et jusqu'au moins 1975 (selon H. Honour, 1959, voir infra et les catalogues d'exposition de 1959 et de 1974-1975, voir infra).
Collection particulière, Italie.



Literature

H. Honour, 'Rome in the Eighteenth Century', The Connoisseur, juin 1959, p. 32, n°5, reproduit en noir et blanc p. 31, fig. 5.
P. Rosenberg, 'Jean Barbault', Arte Illustrata, novembre 1972, 5e année, 51, p. 448, reproduit en noir et blanc p. 464, fig. 60.
D. Jacquot et al., Jean Barbault (1718-1762). Le théâtre de la vie italienne, [cat. exp.], Strasbourg, 2010, p. 100, cat. 28, reproduit en noir et blanc.



Exhibited

Rome, Palazzo delle esposizioni, Il Settecento a Roma, 19 mars-31 mai 1959, n°21.
Beauvais, musée départemental de l’Oise ; Angers, musée des beaux-arts ; Valence, musée des beaux arts, Jean Barbault, 1718-1762, 3 octobre-15 novembre 1974 ; 1er décembre 1974-15 janvier 1975 ; 1er février-15 mars 1975, n°30.



Further details

JEAN BARBAULT (1718-1762), THE VENETIAN, OIL ON CANVAS

We do not know whether Jean Barbault (1718-1762) spent time in Venice, as the topographical accuracy of the various versions of The Venetian does not provide definitive proof. The present painting includes a representation of the island of San Giorgio, and an earlier version on the Paris market featured the Doge's Palace and the columns of Saint Mark and Saint Theodore (see D. Jacquot, 2010, op. cit., p. 101, cat. 30), but others are limited to a misty background or generic boats. With her black shawl, it is possible that the coquettish model in this painting is a noble lady who has just become engaged, as these young aristocrats were supposed to hide their faces from everyone except their future husbands. However, she could also be a courtesan who is pretending to be an innocent young girl.
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