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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
  • 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.