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30 - Joseph MICHEL, known as Michel de TOULON (Documented in Toul…
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Joseph MICHEL, known as Michel de TOULON (Documented in Toulon between 1777 and 1792) “View of the harbour of Toulon and the King’s fleet. Commanded by Monsieur de Barras in 1777.” Gouache, with a trompe-l’œil frame Titled and dated ‘View of the Harbour of Toulon / and the King’s Squadron, commanded by Monsieur de Barras, in 1777’ in the margin Signed and dated ‘painted in gouache by Michel de Toulon in 1777’ at the bottom Sheet dimensions: 50 x 77 cm (Drawn on a prepared backing) 53 x 79 cm Provenance: Former collection of Monsieur Augustin Normand, 1947, as indicated by a former label on the backing on the reverse; Private collection, Paris Exhibitions: Vieille Marine, Paris, Musée de la Marine, June 1947, no. 143 Bibliography: Mireille Forget, Illustration du vieux Toulon, Avignon, 1983, no. 74 Our gouache depicts Monsieur de Barras’s squadron, which Michel de Toulon depicts here at anchor in the roadstead whilst some vessels took part in the mock battle staged as a spectacle for Monsieur, the king’s brother, during the festivities organised for his visit to Toulon in July 1777. We are aware of another drawing by Michel de Toulon in the Louvre Museum (inv. no. INV 30992, Recto). Joseph MICHEL, known as Michel de TOULON (Documented in Toulon between 1777 and 1792) 53 x 79 cm
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