Ange Laurent de Lalive de Jully
Follower of Jean Baptiste Greuze·1759–70
Historical Context
This copy after Jean-Baptiste Greuze depicts Ange-Laurent de Lalive de Jully, one of the most important art collectors and patrons in mid-eighteenth-century Paris. Lalive de Jully was an Introducteur des Ambassadeurs and assembled a famous collection that helped shape Neoclassical taste. His 1764 sale catalogue was one of the first illustrated art auction catalogues, and his patronage influenced the course of French art.
Technical Analysis
The oil on canvas reproduces Greuze's characteristic warm palette and sensitive portrait manner, with careful attention to the sitter's thoughtful expression. The smooth modeling and refined technique follow Greuze's approach to intellectual portraiture.
Provenance
E. Sichel, Paris, 1898 [according to the 1941 Parke-Bernet sale catalogue and a letter from Julius Weitzner to John Maxon dated March 31, 1969, Archives, Art Institute]. Mrs. Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1941; sold Parke-Bernet, New York, April 30–May 3, 1941, vol. 2, no. 977, to A. Cohen, as Greuze [according to verbal communication between Susan Wise and Sotheby’s New York on October 25, 1982, notes in curatorial file]. Sold Christie’s, London, March 8, 1968, no. 112, as by Greuze, to Perman, for 240 gns., perhaps acting as agent for Weitzner [price and buyer according to an annotated copy of the sale catalogue in the Ryerson Library, Art Institute]. Julius Weitzner, London, by 1969; sold to the Art Institute, 1969.
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