Lot n° 69
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Pierre-Athanase CHAUVIN (Paris, 1774 - Rome, 1832) - Lot 69
Pierre-Athanase CHAUVIN (Paris, 1774 - Rome, 1832)
View of St. Peter's in Rome from the gardens of the Villa Borghese at sunset
Canvas
Traces of signature and date: "182?
81 x 109 cm
(Old restorations)
Provenance :
- Probably Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord (1754-1838); perhaps by descent, Alexandre-Edmond (1787-1872), his nephew; Napoleon- Louis (1811-1898), his great nephew.
- Probably sale of the estate of the Duke of Talleyrand, Valençay and Sagan, Georges Petit gallery, December 2, 1899, no. 13 (13-16 - Four landscapes of Italy, with figures. Canvas. Height 80 cent; width 1 m. 10 cent", sold for 105 francs).
Exhibition :
Paris, Salon of 1827, no. 1618, View of St. Peter's in Rome, taken outside the Borghese city; setting sun.
Bibliography:
- P.-A. Coupin, "Exposition des tableaux en 1827 et 1828," in. Revue encyclopédique ou Analyse raisonnée des productions les plus remarquables dans la littérature, les sciences et les arts, Paris, 1828, vol.36, pp. 281-282.
- M.-M. Aubrun, " Pierre-Athanase Chauvin ", Bulletin de la Société de l'Histoire de l'art français, Paris, 1977, pp. 207 and 212, cat. 45 and perhaps cat. 67 ("According to Madame la Duchesse de Dino, this painting, as well as those listed above at numbers 57 to 61, served as an ornament to the King's bedroom, refurbished in Valençay, after the departure of Ferdinand VII").
A student of Pierre-Henri de Valenciennes, Pierre-Athanase Chauvin exhibited at the Salon in 1793. However, he went to Italy in 1802 and spent most of his career there. While continuing to send his works to Paris, notably to his protector Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord who paid him a pension in exchange for the promise of two paintings per year. He worked for rich English, Russian and German clients. He moved to Rome in 1804, visited the region of Naples, the principality of Benevento, and made friends with many artists including Wicar, Fabre, Guérin, Granet and Ingres, who chose him as his best man. He also met the Germans Catel, Reinhardt and Vogel van Vogelstein as well as the Danes Eckersberg and Thorwaldsen. He entered the Académie de Saint-Luc in 1813.
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