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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 carved and gilded 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”. Lot from a voluntary sale.
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About the sale Quintessence IV – Part 2: Furniture & Works of Art
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Auction time 10/17/2026 at 2:00 PM
Lot description modified on 10/07/2026 at 3:23 PM
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