Lot n° 35
Estimation :
6000 - 8000
EUR
Result with fees
Result
: 9 016EUR
Arnoud de VUEZ (Saint-Omer 1642-Lille 1724)
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Arnoud de VUEZ (Saint-Omer 1642-Lille 1724)
The Reconciliation of Jacob and Esau
Canvas
(Chancery.)
Height : 105 cm 105 cm ; Width : 137 cm
Provenance:
Private collection
The painting represents the reconciliation and forgiveness of the twin brothers Esau and Jacob (Genesis 33,
verses 1 to 17), twenty years after the second one stole the birthright from the first one.
Expert : Cabinet Éric TURQUIN
Arnould de Vuez trained in Paris in the workshop of Brother Luc, then travelled to Italy where he copied Raphael.
He was admitted to the Royal Academy in 1681. Eleven years later, he painted a May for the Notre-Dame cathedral.
After the death of Le Brun, he settled in Lille in 1694 where he received important commissions. He decorated the religious monuments
monuments of the region with large canvases, in which he combines the lessons of classicism of Poussin and
Le Brun with the Rubenian influence. His compositions are characterized by highly structured layouts, a taste for
structured layouts, a taste for orthogonal lines and restrained drapery effects. We note the influence of
Poussin, present in our frieze composition, as well as Italian reminiscences, such as the heads of the young men
of the young men from Raphael's School of Athens or the "cangiante", changing colours, of the
drapery.
We thank Mrs. Barbara Brejon de Lavergné for suggesting the attribution to Vuez.
We thank Mr. François Marandet for confirming this attribution and for telling us that a preparatory study
that a preparatory study for the young figure wearing a red tunic, on the right, is kept in the painter's
in the painter's studio in private hands. According to him, this is the oldest painting by Arnould de Vuez
discovered to date, probably painted around 1675.
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