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Premium Joseph-Marie VIEN (Montpellier, 1716 - Paris, 1809)
Vestal r…
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Joseph-Marie VIEN (Montpellier, 1716 - Paris, 1809)
Vestal r…
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Lot no. 32
Description
Joseph-Marie VIEN (Montpellier, 1716 - Paris, 1809)
Vestal reading a letter
Oval oil on canvas
Signed and dated 'j.m.vien 1766' on the top of the letter
Vestal reading a letter, oil on canvas, signed and dated, by J.-M. Vien
28.34 x 23.62 in.
72 x 60 cm
Provenance: Private collection, Ile-de-France
Joseph-Marie Vien produced several series of oval paintings around 1754-1755. At the Salon of 1755, Vien exhibited under the same number Buste d'une vestale couronnée de roses, Prêtresse tressant une couronne de fleurs and Prêtresse brodant pour l'ornement d'un temple1. A sketch for the Prêtresse brodant pour l'ornement d'un temple and preparatory drawings for the three paintings in the Salon of 1755 are in the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Béziers2. Three other subjects listed in the artist's catalogue raisonné can be related to our painting: Jeune fille venant de former une couronne, Jeune grecque considérant un nid d'oiseaux and Une femme qui arrose un pot de fleurs3.
1. Thomas W. Gaehtgens and Jacques Lugand, Joseph-Marie Vien. Peintre du roi (1716-1809), Paris, 1988, p. 155-156, nos. 114, 115 and 116. La Prêtresse brodante pour l'ornement d'un temple is now in the Musée Fabre in Montpellier.
2 Ibid, p. 156, no. 117 and p. 240-241, nos. 68-71.
3 Ibid, p. 156, nos 118, 119 and 120.
Joseph-Marie VIEN (Montpellier, 1716 - Paris, 1809)
72 x 60 cm
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