Attributed to Pierre-Louis DUMESNIL le jeune (1698-1781). - Lot 31

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Attributed to Pierre-Louis DUMESNIL le jeune (1698-1781). - Lot 31
Attributed to Pierre-Louis DUMESNIL le jeune (1698-1781). The Indiscreet or the Sleeper. Canvas. Height : 47 cm ; Width : 38 cm. (Damage to frame.) Provenance: - Perhaps Remond sale, Paris, July 6, 1778, no. 72: "J.B.F. de Troy. Une dame endormie sur un canapé, un homme de robe la regarde ; ce tableau peint sur toile porte 16 pouces de haut, sur 13 de large " ( H. : 0.43 ; L. : 0.35) ; - Sale of the collection of Baron Pichon, Paris, Hôtel Drouot, March 29-April 10, 1897, no. 1348 (as De Troy, no first name); - Galerie Yves Perdoux, Paris, 1928 (as J.-F. de Troy). (Advertisement in Le Gaulois artistique, April 7, 1928, p. 160, ill.) ; - Collection of Robert Henry Edward, Baronet Abdy (1896-1976), then by succession until today. Exhibition: Paris, Musée Carnavalet, "La vie parisienne au XVIIIe, 20 mars-30 avril 1928" exhibition, p. 25, no. 98. (as J.-F. de Troy). Bibliography: - Gaston Brière, Jean-François de Troy, Les peintres français du XVIIIe siècle. Histoire des vies et catalog des oeuvres, 1930, t. II, p. 46 (painting rejected); - Christophe Leribault, Jean François de Troy (1679-1752), Paris, 2002, p. 426, cat. no. PR. 29 (painting rejected); Related work: another, weaker version of this composition, with numerous variants, has been reported (London sale, Christie's, July 2, 1997, no. 468; as a circle by Jean-François de Troy). Expert : Stéphane PINTA | Cabinet TURQUIN.
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