Madame du Vaucel
- Date
- 1712
- Material
- Marble
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Collection
- European Art to 1800
- Current Location
- On View, Gallery 202
- Dimensions
- 29 3/8 x 13 1/8 x 7 in. (74.6 x 33.3 x 17.8 cm)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Paul Rosenberg
- Rights
- Public Domain
- Object Number
- 42:1954
NOTES
This handsome bust of Mme Du Vaucel was originally paired with one of her husband, a counselor in the court of Louis XIV and a prosperous farmer. She is not, however, dressed in the extreme opulence so common in Louis’s court, but wears instead a dress trimmed in a single row of lace at the neckline without additional jewelry. Coysevox’s talent lay in his ability to capture lively expressions in the eyes of his sitters through the incising of the pupils, which gives focus and intensity to their gaze.
Provenance
1712 -
Du Vaucel Collection, Château de la Norville, near Arpajon (Seine-et-Oise), France
by 1903 - 1912
Jacques Doucet (1853-1929), Paris, France [1]
1912 -
M. Bousquet, purchased at collection sale of Jacques Doucet, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, France, June 6, 1912, lot no. 108 [2]
- 1954
Paul Rosenberg, New York, NY
1954 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, given by Paul Rosenberg [3]
Notes:
The primary source for this provenance is Keller-Dorian's 1920 catalogue raisonné [Keller-Dorian, G. "Antoine Coysevox: Catalogue Raisonné de son Oeuvre." Paris: L'Auteur, 1920, cat. no. 92]. Exceptions and other supporting documents are noted.
[1] The sculpture is listed as belonging to the collection of Jacques Doucet in Paul Vitry's 1903 article related to the fashion designer's collection of French sculpture from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. [Vitry, Paul. "La collection de M. Jacques Doucet, sculptures françaises des XVIIe et XVIIIe." In "Les Arts," September 1903, p. 8.]
[2] According to the 1920 catalogue raisonné, Keller-Dorian lists M. Bousquet as the buyer of the bust from the 1912 sale of the collection of Jacques Doucet at the Galerie Georges Petit. See the auction catalog ["Catalogue des Sculptures et tableaux du XVIIIe siècle, part II, Collection Jacques Doucet." Galerie Georges Petite, Paris, June 6, 1912, lot no. 108, p. 14.]
[3] Minutes of the Administrative Board of Control of the City Art Museum, March 4, 1954.
Du Vaucel Collection, Château de la Norville, near Arpajon (Seine-et-Oise), France
by 1903 - 1912
Jacques Doucet (1853-1929), Paris, France [1]
1912 -
M. Bousquet, purchased at collection sale of Jacques Doucet, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, France, June 6, 1912, lot no. 108 [2]
- 1954
Paul Rosenberg, New York, NY
1954 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, given by Paul Rosenberg [3]
Notes:
The primary source for this provenance is Keller-Dorian's 1920 catalogue raisonné [Keller-Dorian, G. "Antoine Coysevox: Catalogue Raisonné de son Oeuvre." Paris: L'Auteur, 1920, cat. no. 92]. Exceptions and other supporting documents are noted.
[1] The sculpture is listed as belonging to the collection of Jacques Doucet in Paul Vitry's 1903 article related to the fashion designer's collection of French sculpture from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. [Vitry, Paul. "La collection de M. Jacques Doucet, sculptures françaises des XVIIe et XVIIIe." In "Les Arts," September 1903, p. 8.]
[2] According to the 1920 catalogue raisonné, Keller-Dorian lists M. Bousquet as the buyer of the bust from the 1912 sale of the collection of Jacques Doucet at the Galerie Georges Petit. See the auction catalog ["Catalogue des Sculptures et tableaux du XVIIIe siècle, part II, Collection Jacques Doucet." Galerie Georges Petite, Paris, June 6, 1912, lot no. 108, p. 14.]
[3] Minutes of the Administrative Board of Control of the City Art Museum, March 4, 1954.
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