Democritus among the Abderitans

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Democritus among the Abderitans

France, circa 1784 (?)
Paintings
Oil on canvas
Canvas: 18 × 21 3/4 in. (45.72 × 55.25 cm) Frame: 23 × 26 1/2 × 1 1/2 in. (58.42 × 67.31 × 3.81 cm)
The Ciechanowiecki Collection, Gift of The Ahmanson Foundation (M.2000.179.26)
European Painting
Not currently on public view

Provenance

Possibly collection of the Société des Amis des Arts.(1) Probably Etienne Pallière (1761–1820), a pupil of the artist (sale, Paris, Coutelier, 25 Mar.

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Possibly collection of the Société des Amis des Arts.(1) Probably Etienne Pallière (1761–1820), a pupil of the artist (sale, Paris, Coutelier, 25 Mar. 1820, lot 308, as "esquisse peinte en 1784," to); [Meunier, Paris]. Possibly Xavier de Montépin (1823–1902). Possibly Comtesse Munier-Jolain (sale, Paris, Drouot, 9 Dec. 1910, lot 55, sold to); "Gellien." [Jacques Petit-Hory, Paris]. Andrew S. Ciechanowiecki (1924–2015), London, by 1973, sold in 2000 to; LACMA.

Footnote

(1)This was noted in van de Sandt 2006, p. 70.
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Bibliography

  • Lehmbeck, Leah, editor. Gifts of European Art from The Ahmanson Foundation. Vol. 2, French Painting and Sculpture. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2019.
  • Marandel, J. Patrice.  French oil sketches from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 17th century - 19th century.  Los Angeles:  The Ahmanson Foundation, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2002.
  • Lehmbeck, Leah, editor. Gifts of European Art from The Ahmanson Foundation. Vol. 2, French Painting and Sculpture. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2019.
  • Marandel, J. Patrice.  French oil sketches from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 17th century - 19th century.  Los Angeles:  The Ahmanson Foundation, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2002.

  • Mansfield, Elizabeth C. The Perfect Foil: François-André Vincent and the Revolution in French Painting. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2012.

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