François-André Vincent

Portrait of Baron Georges Cuvier (1769-1832), bust-length, in a brown coat and white cravat

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January 26, 05:50 PM GMT

Estimate

100,000 - 150,000 USD

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Property from a New York Private Collection

François-André Vincent

Paris 1746 - 1816

Portrait of Baron Georges Cuvier (1769-1832), bust-length, in a brown coat and white cravat

signed and dated lower right: Vincent. ft / an.VIII.

inscribed on verso: Georges, Cuvier. anatomiste / de l'institut [nati.] de la Rep. Française / né à Mont-béliard le 24 Aoust 1769 / Peint par Vinent. de l'ins. / l'an vin[gt] de la Rep. / 1800. [v.s.]

oil on canvas

canvas: 25¾ by 21⅛ in.; 65.4 by 53.7 cm.

framed: 35¾ by 31 in.; 90.8 by 78.7 cm.

Probably commissioned by the sitter, Baron Georges Cuvier (1769-1832), Paris;
Thence by descent in his family, until 2008;
With Whitfield Fine Art, London;
From whom acquired by the present collector, 2012.

P.J.B. Chaussard, Le Pausanias français, État des arts du dessin en France, à l’ouverture du XIXe siècle: Salon de 1806, Paris 1806, p. 107;

J.P. Cuzin, Vincent 1746-1816: Entre Fragonard et David, Paris 2013, pp. 246, 492, cat. no. 621P, reproduced;

P. Taquet, Georges Cuvier: Anatomie d’un naturaliste, Paris 2019, pp.74-75, reproduced on the cover.

Engraved

Simon-Charles Miger (1736-1820)