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Louis Lafitte
Brutus Listening to the Ambassadors from the Tarquins (?)circa 1790

Not on view
Oil painting of a large multi-figure narrative scene set in an ancient Roman public square, with toga-clad figures gesturing before a crowd and classical buildings in the distance

Louis Lafitte, Brutus Listening to the Ambassadors from the Tarquins (?), circa 1790, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Ciechanowiecki Collection, Gift of The Ahmanson Foundation, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Louis Lafitte
France, Paris, 1770-1828
Title
Brutus Listening to the Ambassadors from the Tarquins (?)
Place Made
France
Date Made
circa 1790
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
Canvas: 19 1/4 × 27 1/2 in. (48.9 × 69.85 cm) Frame: 27 × 36 × 3 1/2 in. (68.58 × 91.44 × 8.89 cm)
Credit Line
The Ciechanowiecki Collection, Gift of The Ahmanson Foundation
Accession Number
M.2000.179.34
Classification
Paintings
Collecting Area
European Painting and Sculpture
Provenance

Andrew S. Ciechanowiecki (1924–2015), London, by 1973, sold 2000 to; LACMA.

Selected Bibliography
  • 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.