Kindness and generosity - Lagrenée
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Autre numéro d'inventaire : MR 1887
Description
Booklet from the 1765 Salon :
"By M. De La Grenée, Professor.
20. [...]
22. Justice and clemency.
23. Kindness & Generosity.
These two Tableaux (dessus-de-portes) are intended for the Galerie de Choisy. "
Deloynes 8, 107. Critique des peintures et sculptures de messieurs de l'Académie royale. L'an 1765. (anonyme sl), p. 14 :
"This subject lends much: Kindness is a woman offering her breast to a child; Generosity is with one hand leaning on the horn of Abundance, & with the other spreading gold profusely. The expression of these paintings is very beautiful: the draperies are of great nobility and truth. The design and coloring are true and have a beautiful effect. "
1. Signed and dated lower left: "L. Lagrenée 1765"2. Commissioned in 1764 for the gallery of the Château de Choisy. Counterpart to "La Justice et la Clémence "
Technical Data
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