David and Bathseba . Louis-Jean-Francois Lagrenee

David and Bathseba . Louis-Jean-Francois Lagrenee
signed and dated in the lower left corner: (J?) . Lagrenée / 1770
oil on canvas
17 3/4 by 21 7/8 in.; 45 by 55 cm.

Provenance
M. le Duc de Grammont, by 1773 until 1775;
His sale, Paris, 16 January 1775, lot 76 (sold for 1145 francs);
M. le Chevalier Lambert, until 1787;
His sale, Paris, Le Brun, 27 March 1787, lot 211 (sold for 1000 francs, to Le Brun);
Acquired by the present collector in the 1950s.
Exhibited
Possibly Paris, L'Académie Royale, Salon, 1771, no. 10;
Possibly Paris, L'Académie Royale, Salon, 1773, no. 18 (as in the collection of M. le Duc de Grammont);
Literature
H. W. Janson (ed.), Catalogues of the Paris Salon 1673 to 1881, London 1977, 1771, p. 6, cat. no. 10, 1773, p. 9, cat. no. 18;
H. Mireur, Dictionaire des Ventes d'Art, Paris 1911, vol. IV, p. 152;
J. Seznec, Diderot. Salons, Oxford 1957 - 1967, vol. IV, p. 131;
M. Sandoz, Les Lagrenée: I. Louis (Jean, François) Lagrenée 1725 - 1805, Paris 1983, p. 226, cat. no. 214 (as location unknown).

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