JACQUES-ALBERT SENAVE | Paris, a View of the Seine with the Bridge of Louis XVI

Details

Jacques-Albert Senave
LOO 1758 - 1823 OR 1829 PARIS
PARIS, A VIEW OF THE SEINE WITH THE BRIDGE OF LOUIS XVI

signed and dated lower left: JSenave 1791
oil on canvas
97 x 130.5 cm.; 38 1/8 x 51 1/4 in.

PROVENANCE
Anonymous sale ('Collection d'un Amateur'), Paris, Christie's, 1 June 2005, lot 200 for €86,400 ($105,000).

CATALOGUE NOTE
Jacques-Albert Senave initially studied under a canon at the abbey of Loo, and later attended the academies in Dunkirk and St-Omer before moving to Paris in 1780, where he studied under Joseph Benoît Suvée and Jacques Louis David. His oeuvre primarily consists of Paris cityscapes, as well as history and genre paintings, and a few portraits. In 1821, after presenting a painting of Rembrandt's studio featuring portraits of leading Leiden personalities of the day, Senave was appointed Honorary Dean of the Painting Academy of Ypres.