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Double academy of two male nudes
Carle van Loo · 1740-60
Provenance
Ownership history
- Gilbert Paignon-Dijonval (1708–1792), Paris [verso inscription; inv. no. 3422]; by descent to his grandson, Charles-Gilbert, Vicomte Morel de Vinde (1759–1842), Paris [no mark; see Lugt 2520]. Albert Léon Victor Finot (1853–1941), Troyes [his stamp (Lugt 3627), lower right, in black]; by descent to his son, André (1884–1980); sold, Paris, Hôtel Drouot, Dec. 6, 1982, lot 160, to Galerie Cailleux, Paris; sold by Colnaghi, New York (in association with Galerie Cailleux), to a private collector, New York, 1983 [according to an email from Mark Brady dated Apr. 19, 2022]; sold through W. M. Brady & Co., New York, to the Art Institute of Chicago, 2023.
Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.
Exhibitions
Exhibition history
- New York, Colnaghi, with Galerie Cailleux, 18th Century French Drawings, Apr. 20–May 26, 1983, pp. 32–33, cat. 11 (ill.).
- The Art Institute of Chicago, "Lines of Connection: Drawing and Printmaking 1400-1850", March 15 - June 1, 2025, p. 81, 83, 211, fig. 65 (ill.), cat. by Jamie Gabbarelli, Edina Adam, et. al.
Literature
Published references
- M. Bénard, Cabinet de M. Paignon Dijonval (Paris: Huzard, 1810), p. 145, no. 3422.
- M.-C. Sahut, Carle Vanloo, premier peintre du roi, (Nice, 1705–Paris, 1765) (Nice, 1977), p. 179, cat. no. 605 (ill.).
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