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portrait of a man holding a book and a book in his right handportrait of a man in a black robe holding a bookportrait of a man in a black robe with a white collar and a black tiea painting of a man reading a book on a tablea piece of wood with writing on it on a tablean old wooden window with a glass pane in the middle
OUEST ENCHERES PUBLIQUES NANTES & RENNES

400 - Attributed to Donatien NONNOTTE (Besançon, 1708–Lyon, 1785).
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Estimate €2,000 - €3,000
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Description
Attributed to Donatien NONNOTTE (Besançon, 1708–Lyon, 1785). Portrait said to be of Prudent Bruley (1686–1761). Original canvas and stretcher. Height: 92 cm – Width: 74 cm 18th-century gilded carved wooden frame. Dated on a page of the book “59 R./FFiel 85 / June 1742”; the sitter’s name is inscribed on a label on the reverse of the stretcher: “Bruley (Prudent), born in Saint Maurice-aux-Riches-Hommes on 17 June 1686, husband of Jeanne-Etiennette Poinsignon, father of Bernard-Prudent, Jean-Germain, Jacques-Prudent and Marie (Mrs Patas) – died in Paris on 15 August 1761, former musketeer, prosecutor at the Châtelet, commissioner for the poor and churchwarden of the parish of Saint Paul in Paris”. Appraisal carried out by TURQUIN. Lot from a voluntary sale.
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About the sale Quintessence IV – Part 2: Furniture & Works of Art
Auction location
Auction time 10/17/2026 at 2:00 PM
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