Gallery Label This is an oil sketch for a picture painted in 1737 to decorate Louis XV's dining room at the château of Fontainebleau. The finished canvas (Louvre, Paris) has been cut down and no longer retains the shaped top and bottom indicated here. The verve and freshness of the sketch reflect Vanloo's training and extended activity in Italy.
Provenance [Wildenstein, ?Paris, until 1909]; David David-Weill, Paris (1926–41; sold to Wildenstein); [Wildenstein, New York, 1941–43; sold to Brewster]; Robert Dows Brewster, New York (1943–d. 1995; posthumous sale, Sotheby's, New York, May 19, 1995, no. 113, for $244,500 to Colnaghi); [Colnaghi, New York, 1995; sold to MMA]
Exhibition History Paris. Salon. September 1737.
Atlanta. High Museum of Art. "The Rococo Age: French Masterpieces of the Eighteenth Century," October 5–December 31, 1983, No. 46.
References Gabriel Henriot. "Peintures." Collection David Weill . 1, Paris, 1926, pp. 371–73, ill.in "Carle Vanloo (1705–1765) [in issue titled: Carle Vanloo, Jean Restout: Les lithographies de paysages en France à l'époque romantique]." Archives de l'art français 19 (1938), p. 68, no. 122.Carle Vanloo, premier peintre du roi . Exh. cat., Musée Chéret, Nice. Nice, 1977, p. 42, no. 50, ill.The Rococo Age: French Masterpieces of the Eighteenth Century . Exh. cat., High Museum of Art. Atlanta, 1983, pp. 9, 15, 113, no. 46, ill.French Rococo Painting: A Notable Exhibition in Atlanta 119 (January 1984), pp. 9–10, ill.Important Old Master Paintings . Sotheby's, New York. May 19, 1995, no. 113, ill. (color).in "Recent Acquisitions, A Selection: 1995–1996." Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin 54 (Fall 1996), p. 35, ill. (color).in The Wrightsman Pictures . New York, 2005, pp. 172–75, no. 49, ill.
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