FRENCH SCHOOL, CIRCA 1760
FRENCH SCHOOL, CIRCA 1760
FRENCH SCHOOL, CIRCA 1760
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Property from the Estate of Dr. Jeffrey Lant
FRENCH SCHOOL, CIRCA 1760

An academic nude, traditionally identified as The Sleeping Hector

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FRENCH SCHOOL, CIRCA 1760
An academic nude, traditionally identified as The Sleeping Hector
oil on canvas
29 3⁄8 x 39 in. (74.6 x 99.1 cm.)
Provenance
with Bruno Meissner, Zurich, by 1976.
with Colnaghi, London.
Rudolph Nureyev (1938-1993); his deceased sale, [Nureyev: Part II], Christie’s, London, 20-21 November 1995, lot 1289, as Jean-Baptiste Deshays, where acquired by the present owner.
Literature
Advertisement, The Burlington Magazine, June 1976, p. cii, illustrated, as Jean-Baptiste Deshays.
M. Sandoz, Jean-Baptiste Deshays, 1729-1765, Paris, 1977, p. 75, no. 51 C; p. 128, no. Z 25, under doubted attributions.
A. Bancel, Jean-Baptise Deshays 1729-1765, Paris, 2008, p. 116, under rejected attributions.

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Taylor Alessio
Taylor Alessio Associate Vice President, Associate Specialist Head of Part II

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