Charles SEVIN de la PENAYE (1685 - 1740) - Lot 44

Charles SEVIN de la PENAYE (1685 - 1740) Portrait of Abbée Pierre Pucelle (1665 - 1745) Canvas Height : 87 cm Width : 65 cm Louis XVI period, heart-striped frame Bears a signature on the right, mounted 'H Rigaud / 17..'. The original portrait was painted by Hyacinthe Rigaud in 1721 for 500 livres and is kept at the Musée de Port Royal des Champs in Magny-les-Hameaux; a faithful drawing belonged to the Prat collection (Rosenberg 1990, no. 36, p. 106, re. p.107).The painting was engraved by Drevet and Ficquet.In a written communication dated dated March 10, 2012, Stephan Perreau states that the present version is "by the hand of Rigaud's most famous assistant of Rigaud, La Penaye, who is the only one to have worked on this portrait. No others are known to date". works based on the original are as follows:- "Dressed to sketch the bust of M l'abbé Pucelle, where I stayed for a day stayed one day" by La Penaye for 6 livres (1720)- "Une copie de M° l'abbé Pucelle" for 100 livres (1720).- "" Second bust copy of M° l'abbé Pucelle " for 100 livres (1720). Seconde copie en buste de Mª l'abbé Pucelle" for 100 livres (1721) - "Une copie en buste de M-l'abbé Pucelle" by La Penaye for 40 livres (1721) - "Une copie du buste de M l'abbé Pucelle" by La Penaye for 40 livres (1725). 40 livres (1725).Literature: this portrait is quoted in Stephan Perreau's over blog of November 08, 2012, on the Mentioned under no. 1290-2 (and reproduced under no. 1290-1) of the Catalog concis de l'oeuvre de Hyacinthe Rigaud, by Stephan Perreau (2013).