Portrait Bust of M. de Neuville, Captain of Artillery and Comptroller General, c. 1780
Attributed to Jean-Jacques Caffieriexpand_more
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The William Hood Dunwoody Fundexpand_more 31.49
On View in Gallery 317expand_more
The subject of this bust, Monsieur de Neuville (1701-1780), served as captain of artillery and a fermier général (general tax collector), one of a select group of men who collected taxes for the French monarchy. Jean Galliard de la Bouëxière, the original owner of the Grand Salon, was also a fermier général from 1722 to 1758.
The sculptor, Jean-Jacques Caffieri, was born in Paris and studied there before winning a prestigious art scholarship in 1748. The scholarship paid for him to live and study in Rome for four years before returning to Paris. He is best known for his lively and naturalistic portraits of influential Parisians.
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- Title
- Portrait Bust of M. de Neuville, Captain of Artillery and Comptroller General
- Artist Life
- 1725–1792
- Role
- Artist
- Accession Number
- 31.49
- Provenance
- 'possibly Jacques-Victor, comte de la Béraudière [1808-1884], château de Bouzillé, near Angers, France (until d. 1884); ' possibly by descent, his son, comte de la Béraudière, château de Bouzillé; his wife, Marie-Thérèse, comtesse de la Béraudière, Paris (until d. 1930; sale, 1925, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, no. 18, ill., bought in; her sale, American Art Association, New York, December 13, 1930, no. 413, ill., for $400); [Arnold Seligmann, New York, 1931; sold, for $2,000 to Mia]
- Curator Approved
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