Monument to Mignard

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Monument to Mignard

France, circa 1743
Paintings
Oil on canvas
Canvas: 28 1/2 × 22 5/8 in. (72.39 × 57.47 cm) Frame: 33 × 28 × 1 in. (83.82 × 71.12 × 2.54 cm)
The Ciechanowiecki Collection, Gift of The Ahmanson Foundation (M.2000.179.11)
European Painting
Not currently on public view

Provenance

Pierre-Hippolyte Lemoyne (1748–1828)(1) (estate sale, Paris, Hôtel Boullion [Duchesne Ainé], 19–22 May 1828, lot 95, "Divers Maîtres: Tombeau de Mignard, pein

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Pierre-Hippolyte Lemoyne (1748–1828)(1) (estate sale, Paris, Hôtel Boullion [Duchesne Ainé], 19–22 May 1828, lot 95, "Divers Maîtres: Tombeau de Mignard, peint en grisaille, d’après la sculpture de J-B Lemoyne, telle qu’elle était dans l’église de Jacobins de la rue St. Honoré. Hauteur 27 pouces, Largeur 21 pouces," sold for 6 frs., 10 sous).(2) Andrew S. Ciechanowiecki (1924–2015), London, by 1973, sold 2000 to; LACMA.

Footnotes

(1) Pierre-Hippolyte Lemoyne, an architect, was the son of Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne, the sculptor of the monument. The drawing was, thus, most likely passed directly from the father to the son.

(2) It is intriguing that the catalogue does not identify Boucher as the artist. The catalogue did include two paintings en camaïeu by Boucher: "67. Triomphe de Vénus, esquisse peinte en camaïeu. Cette toile a été contre-collée, larg, 33 p., haut, 18 p.; 68. Vénus venant prier Vulcàn de forger des armes pour Énée; esquisse peinte en camaïeu. Larg. 16 p., haut 14 p."


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