Lot n° 20
Estimation :
800 - 1200
EUR
Result with fees
Result
: 4 290EUR
Philippe-Jacques de LOUTHERBOURG (1740–1812) - Lot 20
Philippe-Jacques de LOUTHERBOURG (1740–1812)
Pastoral scene with a shepherd, a shepherdess, and a flock, evening
Oil on canvas, signed lower center, dated 1760.
H_42 cm W_37 cm
Work reproduced in the artist’s catalogue raisonné—*Philippe-Jacques de Loutherbourg*, written by Olivier Lefeuvre, published in 2012 by ARTHENA—under Cat. No. 11 and described in the following entry:
"History:
Collection of Madame la Présidente de Bandeville, née Marie Bigot de Graveron; her sale, Paris, December 3, 1787, no. 69, (with its companion piece, cat. 10); anonymous sale, Paris, June 27–28, 1825, no. 42 (with its pendant); anonymous sale, Louviers, June 23, 1991, number unknown; anonymous sale, Paris, Salle Gaveau (Gersaint group), June 28, 1994, (Mes Aguttes et Vassy), no. 23C (sold for 40,000 francs).
Related works:
- For its companion piece, see the previous lot, cat. 10
- A reverse-view engraving by Pierre Laurent (1739–1809), with the inscription, lower left: No. 5; Loutherbourg Pinx.; right: Pre Laurent Sculp.; below left: Dedicated to Monsieur Marquis d'Albertas, Advocate at the Parliament of Provence/Honorary Member of the Academy of Painting and Sculpture of Marseille; below right: After the original painting by Loutherbourg belonging to Madame la Présidente de Bandeville.
- An Aubusson tapestry, possibly executed by Pierre Ranson (1736–1786), circa 1775, reproduces the scene from the painting in its central medallion, inverted. A copy of this tapestry was offered for sale at Sotheby’s in London on July 3, 2007 (lot 85, ill.).
Unlike its counterpart (cat. 10), this Soirée has retained its original rectangular format. It depicts a shepherd addressing a shepherdess surrounded by cows, sheep, and goats on a rocky promontory. Less risqué in its subject matter than the previous canvas, it was also the subject of an engraving by Pierre Laurent and an Aubusson tapestry that reproduces it in an oval format and in reverse orientation.
The question of its date, however, poses a problem. The expert at the 1994 auction deciphered the date 1760, affixed after the artist’s signature, which would make it Loutherbourg’s earliest known painting, while the artist was still in Casanova’s studio. This dating seems unlikely to us, and we favor a later date around 1763–1765, especially since it was around 1765 that Loutherbourg painted *The Caravan* (cat. 36), which was also intended for the Bandeville collection."
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