Lot Essay
Another portrait of this sitter depicted as a magistrate is in the collection of the Châteaux d'Azay le Ferron in the Loire Valley.
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Portrait of a Gentleman, three-quarter length
Details
Nicolas de Largillierre (Paris 1656-1746)
Portrait of a Gentleman, three-quarter length
oil on canvas
25½ x 20¾ in. (64.7 x 52.7 cm.)
indistinctly inscribed on base of pillar
Portrait of a Gentleman, three-quarter length
oil on canvas
25½ x 20¾ in. (64.7 x 52.7 cm.)
indistinctly inscribed on base of pillar
Provenance
Lariboisière Collection.
with Cailleux, Paris.
with Kurt E. Schon, Ltd., New Orleans, 1984.
Private Collection, Baton Rouge; New Orleans Auction Galleries, 4-5 October 2008, lot 1068 ($26,400).
with Cailleux, Paris.
with Kurt E. Schon, Ltd., New Orleans, 1984.
Private Collection, Baton Rouge; New Orleans Auction Galleries, 4-5 October 2008, lot 1068 ($26,400).
Literature
B. Lorsky, Peintures et Sculptures françaises du Châteaux d'Azay le Ferron, 1958, p. 45.
Exhibited
Paris, Palais de Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Paris, Nicolas de Largillière, 1928, no. 49; Berne, Le 17 siècle dans L'Art Français, 1959, no. 39, pl. 24, illustrated.
Copenhagen, Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Portraits Français de Largillière à Manet, 1960, no. 29.
Copenhagen, Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Portraits Français de Largillière à Manet, 1960, no. 29.
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