Important Old Master Paintings and European Works of Art Including Property of the Albright-Knox Art Gallery

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Lot 370
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Alexis Grimou Argenteuil near Paris 1678 - 1733 Paris

Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 USD
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Description

  • Alexis Grimou
  • Portrait of a contemplative gentleman, said to be a Huguenot, resting his arm on an open book
  • signed lower right, Grimou f. / 1729.
  • oil on canvas

Provenance

Anonymous sale, London, Sotheby's, July 12, 2001, lot 211

Catalogue Note

Grimou did not receive any training in painting and was entirely self thought. He practiced painting copies after paintings of northern artists such as Rembrandt and Van Dyck, who's influence can be perceived in the present portrait.