Lot 22: Antoine Renou 1731-1806 (French) Lavan searches for the idols, 1753 oil on paper mounted on canvas

Antoine Renou
1731-1806 (French)
Lavan searches for the idols, 1753
oil on paper mounted on canvas
h:30 w:35 cm.

Provenance: Important French collection of 17th-19th century art.
The Minneapolis Institute of Arts (label on the reverse).
Private European collection.

Exhibited: Houston, 1973-75, no. 5 (as N.-G. Brenet).
Santa Barbara, 1981, no. 4 (as N.-G. Brenet).
Charlotte - Atlanta, 1994-95, no. 36 (as A. Renou).

Literature: Rolle F. and Montaiglon A. de, Proc?s verbaux de l'Acad?mie, 1875-1892, vol. VI, p. 366.
Rosenberg P., 'La donation Herbette', Revue du Louvre, 1976, no 2, p. 98, footnote 12.
Sandoz M., Brenet, Paris, 1979, pp. 48-77, no. 4B (as attributed to Brenet).