A Scholar Collects

A Scholar Collects

A Scholar Collects

A Scholar Collects

8 January - 31 January 2024 • New York

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Overview
Madame Vigée Le Brun Seated in a Garden Reading a Letter

1 Madame Vigée Le Brun Seated in a Garden Reading a Letter

The Grove of the Arc de Triomphe in the Gardens of Versailles

2 The Grove of the Arc de Triomphe in the Gardens of Versailles

Figure studies mounted on an album page

3 Figure studies mounted on an album page

Four separate sheets of figure studies, mounted on an album page

4 Four separate sheets of figure studies, mounted on an album page

View of the Interior of the Grotto of Posillipo

5 View of the Interior of the Grotto of Posillipo

Dorimel Bidding Farewell to His Wife and Her Parents before His Execution: An Illustration for Le Déserteur by Louis-Sébastien Mercier

6 Dorimel Bidding Farewell to His Wife and Her Parents before His Execution: An Illustration for Le Déserteur by Louis-Sébastien Mercier

The Little Eugène de Montesquiou-Fézensac Asleep

7 The Little Eugène de Montesquiou-Fézensac Asleep

Profile Portrait of the Duchesse de Polignac

8 Profile Portrait of the Duchesse de Polignac

Sky study

9 Sky study

Landscape of the Ardennes with the Church of Mohon

10 Landscape of the Ardennes with the Church of Mohon

Self-Portrait In Traveling Costume

11 Self-Portrait In Traveling Costume

Portrait of the Artist's Mother, Madame Le Sèvre, née Jeanne Maissin

12 Portrait of the Artist's Mother, Madame Le Sèvre, née Jeanne Maissin

Portrait of a Woman wearing a Blue Mantelet with a "Coqueluchon" Bonnet

13 Portrait of a Woman wearing a Blue Mantelet with a "Coqueluchon" Bonnet

Portraits of the Artist's Parents:  A) Jean Simon Gérard (c. 1740-1790)  B) Madame Gérard, née Cleria Caterina Pasqua Camilla Matteï (1750-1793)

14 Portraits of the Artist's Parents: A) Jean Simon Gérard (c. 1740-1790) B) Madame Gérard, née Cleria Caterina Pasqua Camilla Matteï (1750-1793)

Venus and Cupid

15 Venus and Cupid

Portrait of Jean-Baptiste Boyer de Fonscolombe

16 Portrait of Jean-Baptiste Boyer de Fonscolombe

Portrait Medallion of a Gentleman, possibly Joseph-Jean-Baptiste Albouy, called Dazincourt

17 Portrait Medallion of a Gentleman, possibly Joseph-Jean-Baptiste Albouy, called Dazincourt

Portrait of André Joseph Hippolyte de Gramont

18 Portrait of André Joseph Hippolyte de Gramont

Portrait of the Duchesse de Guiche, née Louise Françoise Gabrielle Aglaé de Polignac

19 Portrait of the Duchesse de Guiche, née Louise Françoise Gabrielle Aglaé de Polignac

 A young woman wearing pearl earrings, with flowers in her hair (possibly a portrait of the artist’s sister Giovanna)

20 A young woman wearing pearl earrings, with flowers in her hair (possibly a portrait of the artist’s sister Giovanna)

Design for Pedestal Table (Classical Subjects)

21 Design for Pedestal Table (Classical Subjects)

A Bacchanale with Egyptian and Classical Figures

22 A Bacchanale with Egyptian and Classical Figures

Homage to the Comte de Paroy

23 Homage to the Comte de Paroy

Homage to the Comte de Paroy

Jean-Philippe-Guy Le Gentil, Comte de Paroy, Expelled from David's Studio

24 Attributed to

Jean-Philippe-Guy Le Gentil, Comte de Paroy, Expelled from David's Studio

Still Life of Peaches in a Wicker Basket atop a Blue Tablecloth

25 Still Life of Peaches in a Wicker Basket atop a Blue Tablecloth

Still Life of the Remnants of a Meal with a Lunging Cat

26 Still Life of the Remnants of a Meal with a Lunging Cat

Portrait of a Little Girl

27 Portrait of a Little Girl

Four landscapes:  A) Landscape with a River Crossing a Valley;  B) Landscape with a Steepled Church;  C) Landscape with a Tree on the Edge of a Waterway;  D) Landscape with Bushes and Shrubs

28 Four landscapes: A) Landscape with a River Crossing a Valley; B) Landscape with a Steepled Church; C) Landscape with a Tree on the Edge of a Waterway; D) Landscape with Bushes and Shrubs

Portrait of a Sleeping Infant

29 Portrait of a Sleeping Infant

Mother and Child at a Window

30 Mother and Child at a Window

Sky study with a tree, possibly in the Meuse Valley

31 Sky study with a tree, possibly in the Meuse Valley

The Meuse Valley with a village and figures

32 The Meuse Valley with a village and figures

Tapestry Design: Allegorical and Mythological Symbols of the Heavens, the Earth and the Underworld

33 Tapestry Design: Allegorical and Mythological Symbols of the Heavens, the Earth and the Underworld

La Veillée, ou les Couturières

34 La Veillée, ou les Couturières

Portrait of Père Théophile

35 Portrait of Père Théophile

The Universe of Gargantua (After Dinner in the Willow Grove)

36 The Universe of Gargantua (After Dinner in the Willow Grove)

Double Fan-Shaped Scenes from Greco-Roman Mythology:   A) The Triumph of Bacchus and The Departure of Helen of Troy;   B) The Fountain of the Graces and Volumnia Imploring Coriolanus

37 Double Fan-Shaped Scenes from Greco-Roman Mythology: A) The Triumph of Bacchus and The Departure of Helen of Troy; B) The Fountain of the Graces and Volumnia Imploring Coriolanus

Double Fan-Shaped Scenes from Greco-Roman Mythology: A) The Triumph of Bacchus and The Departure of Helen of Troy; B) The Fountain of the Graces and Volumnia Imploring Coriolanus

Élévation d'un Temple antique que l'on croit estre celui de Jupiter Serapis à Pouzzoles près de Naples

38 Élévation d'un Temple antique que l'on croit estre celui de Jupiter Serapis à Pouzzoles près de Naples

Portrait of Louise-Maria-Adélaïde, Duchesse d’Orleans (1753-1821), after Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun

39 Attributed to

Portrait of Louise-Maria-Adélaïde, Duchesse d’Orleans (1753-1821), after Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun

Le Congrès de Vienne

40 Le Congrès de Vienne

Napoléon Ier Presenting the Newborn King of Rome to Empress Marie Louise in Her Bedroom in the Palais des Tuileries

41 Napoléon Ier Presenting the Newborn King of Rome to Empress Marie Louise in Her Bedroom in the Palais des Tuileries