François-André Vincent
Democritus among the Abderitanscirca 1784 (?)

Not on view

Oil painting of two robed male figures in a rocky, wooded landscape; one sits slumped on a stone holding a round object, while an older bearded man in a white turban gestures toward him

Artist or Maker: François-André Vincent
France, Paris, 1746-1816
Title: Democritus among the Abderitans
Place Made: France
Date Made: circa 1784 (?)
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 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)
Credit Line: The Ciechanowiecki Collection, Gift of The Ahmanson Foundation
Accession Number: M.2000.179.26
Classification: Paintings
Collecting Area: European Painting and Sculpture
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. 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.
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.
Mansfield, Elizabeth C. The Perfect Foil: François-André Vincent and the Revolution in French Painting. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2012.
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.

François-André Vincent
Democritus among the Abderitanscirca 1784 (?)

Not on view

Artist or Maker: François-André Vincent
France, Paris, 1746-1816
Title: Democritus among the Abderitans
Place Made: France
Date Made: circa 1784 (?)
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 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)
Credit Line: The Ciechanowiecki Collection, Gift of The Ahmanson Foundation
Accession Number: M.2000.179.26
Classification: Paintings
Collecting Area: European Painting and Sculpture
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. 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.
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.
Mansfield, Elizabeth C. The Perfect Foil: François-André Vincent and the Revolution in French Painting. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2012.
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.