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Joseph-Benoîit Suvée
The Predication of Saint Paulcirca 1779

Not on view
Oil painting, multi-figure narrative scene on stone steps, robed man seen from behind extending his arm toward a gathered crowd before classical architecture
Artist or Maker
Joseph-Benoîit Suvée
Belgium, Bruges, 1743-1807, active Italy, Rome
Title
The Predication of Saint Paul
Place Made
Belgium
Date Made
circa 1779
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
Canvas: 19 3/4 × 15 1/4 in. (50.17 × 38.74 cm) Frame: 25 × 20 × 2 1/2 in. (63.5 × 50.8 × 6.35 cm)
Credit Line
The Ciechanowiecki Collection, Gift of The Ahmanson Foundation
Accession Number
M.2000.179.24
Classification
Paintings
Collecting Area
European Painting and Sculpture
Provenance

Probably in the collection of the painter Adolphe Roëhn (1780–1867). (Sale, Paris, Hôtel Drouot, 2 Mar. 1868, lot 77). [Galerie Joseph Hahn, Paris]. Andrew S. Ciechanowiecki (1924–2015), London, by 1973, sold 2000 to; LACMA.


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.