NICOLAS DE LARGILLIERRE (PARIS 1656-1746)

Lot 207
18.05.2022 14:30UTC +01:00
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ID 761496
Lot 207 | NICOLAS DE LARGILLIERRE (PARIS 1656-1746)
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€ 80 000 – 120 000
NICOLAS DE LARGILLIERRE (PARIS 1656-1746)Portrait de femme à mi-corps, dit 'portrait de la comtesse de Courcelles'huile sur toile81,5 x 65,5 cm (32 x 25 3⁄4 in.) Provenance Collection Whitelaw Reid, New York, États-Unis, 1934.Collection Eleonora F. Carr, New York, États-Unis ; sa vente, Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, États-Unis, 4 mai 1950, lot 97. Collection particulière, États-Unis.Vente Mes Bailly-Pommery et Voutier, hôtel Drouot, Paris, 18 juin 2004, lot 35.Collection particulière, France. Literature M. N. Rosenfeld, Largillierre. Portraitiste du dix-huitième, [cat. exp.], Montréal, musée des beaux-arts de Montréal, 1982, p. 392. Post lot text NICOLAS DE LARGILLIERRE, HALF-LENGTH PRESUMED PORTRAIT OF THE COUNTESS OF COURCELLES, OIL ON CANVASThe cartouche on our painting’s frame identifies our elegant model as the ‘comtesse de Courcelles’. The inventory drawn up after the painter’s death does indeed list a painting of a Madame de Courcelles (folio 8 recto : ‘teste original de madame la marquise de Courcelles’) among the possessions for which payment will be difficult to recover. Was this indeed our painting, making the model the marquess of Courcelles, Anne-Thérèse de Marguenat de Courcelles (1647-1733), a prominent literary figure in the Ancient Régime whose acclaimed Salon in the hôtel de Nevers brought together some of the most enlightened writers of the time. Unless this is the wife of the count of Courcelles, ambassador in Madrid and Vienna, as was suggested by the catalogue entry of its sale in 2004. Whilst the identity of our model remains uncertain, our painting remains nonetheless a wonderful example of Largillierre’s (1656-1746) mastery of paint. Upon a dark backdrop, our model’s elegant silken dress and the velour drapery which she has wrapped around her shoulders testify to the artist’s virtuosity in the rendering of fabrics, as well as bringing out the luminosity of our sitter’s complexion. The painting’s excellent state of conservation allows us to fully appreciate of all its subtle nuances.
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