Bidspirit auction | Antoine Renou

Antoine Renou - Antoine Renou 1731-1806 (French) Lavan searches for the idols, 1753 oil on paper mounted on canvas 30x35 cm Provenance: Important French collection of 17th-19th century art. The Minneapolis Institute of Arts (label on the reverse). Private European collection. Exhibited: Houston, 1973-75, no. 5 (as N.-G. Brenet). Santa Barbara, 1981, no. 4 (as N.-G. Brenet). Charlotte - Atlanta, 1994-95, no. 36 (as A. Renou). French Oil Sketches and the Academic Tradition, The American Federation of Arts, New York, October 1994 - March 1996, exhibition number 119 (label on the reverse). Literature: Rolle F. and de Montaiglon A., Procטs verbaux de l'Acadיmie, 1875-1892, vol. VI, p. 366. Rosenberg P., “La donation Herbette”, Revue du Louvre, 1976, no 2, p. 98, footnote 12. Sandoz M., Brenet, Paris, 1979, pp. 48-77, no. 4B (as attributed to Brenet). Other Notes: Location: Israel. For estimated delivery time please contact us. Condition report available upon request.