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Jean Jouvenet
The Raising of Lazaruscirca 1711

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Large oil painting of a haloed figure in pink and blue robes standing before a cave entrance, surrounded by a crowd of robed figures, with a wrapped figure emerging from the tomb
Artist or Maker
Jean Jouvenet
France, Rouen, 1644-1717
Title
The Raising of Lazarus
Place Made
France
Date Made
circa 1711
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
Canvas: 39 1/8 × 63 1/2 in. (99.4 × 161.29 cm) Frame: 47 1/2 × 72 × 2 1/2 in. (120.65 × 182.88 × 6.35 cm)
Credit Line
The Ciechanowiecki Collection, Gift of The Ahmanson Foundation
Accession Number
M.2000.179.4
Classification
Paintings
Collecting Area
European Painting and Sculpture
Provenance

Possibly [Alexander Stuart?](1) (sale, London, Christies, 25–26 Feb. 1788, lot 97, "Jouvenet, The Raising of Lazarus," sold for £4.4 to); Parsons. Possibly anonymous (sale, Paris, Clisorius, 21 Nov. 1808, lot 84, as "Jouvenet, Un tableau, esquisse avancée, Lazare faisant enterer les morts"). Probably Thomas Theodoor Cremer (1742–1815), Rotterdam (sale, Rotterdam, Leen, 16 Apr. 1816, lot 48: "J. Jouvenet, De opwekking van Lazarus. Eene uitvoerige schets van het stuk, ’t welk zich in de kerk van St. Martin te Parijs bevind. Bekend uit de prent gegraveerd door Audran. Doek, Hoog 36, Breed 60 duimen");(2) Herriston. Possibly Van Meldert (sale, Mechelen, Belgium, Elst, 17 May 1837, lot 140, "Jean Jouvenet, Très belle esquisse représentent la résurrection de Lazarre," sold for 5 frs. to); Van Bredael. Andrew S. Ciechanowiecki (1924–2015), London, by 1994, sold 2000 to; LACMA.

Footnotes

(1) According to the notes of the sale cited in the Getty Provenance Index, Sales Contents Database, the name of the seller of the painting in Christie’s original copy is illegible. The sale was called "Alexander Stuart."

(2) "The Raising of Lazarus. A detailed sketch of the piece found in the church of Saint Martin in Paris. Known by the print engraved by Audran. Canvas, 36 × 60 thumbs, sold for fl. 80." Jean Audran’s print was published in Landon 1803–20, vol. 9 (1809), pl. 1.


Selected 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.