Lot 228: Portrait of the Duchess of Luxembourg, seated three-quarter-length, in an embroidered yellow dress, before a fountain, a landscape beyond

Name: Portrait of the Duchess of Luxembourg, seated three-quarter-length, in an embroidered yellow dress, before a fountain, a landscape beyond
Brand: Christie's
SKU: 3zcuju81hb

Est: $25,000 USD - $35,000 USD

Christie'sNew York, NY, USApril 15, 2008

Item Overview

Description

Jacques Aved Douai 1702-1766 Paris
Portrait of the Duchess of Luxembourg, seated three-quarter-length, in an embroidered yellow dress, before a fountain, a landscape beyond
oil on canvas
47¾ x 40½ in. 121 x 103 cm.
In a late Louis XV carved and gilded frame

Artist or Maker

Jacques-André-Joseph-Camelot Aved

Provenance

Luxembourg collection,
La Motte, Rambouillet.
Anonymous sale; Semur en Auxois, 18 May 1986.
Karl Lagerfeld, Paris.
Old Master Paintings from the Lagerfeld Collection; Christie's, New York, 23 May 2000, lot 61, as 'Attributed to Alexis-Simon Belle'.

Notes

We are grateful to Michelle Lespes for suggesting the attribution to Jacques Aved on the basis of a photograph (written communication, 20 March 2001). This portrait is to be included in Madame Lespes' catalogue raisonné on the artist.

Auction Details

Important Old Master Paintings Part I

Christie's

April 15, 2008, 12:00 AM EST

20 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY, 10020, US

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