SUBLEYRAS 1699 / 1749. - Lot 860

SUBLEYRAS 1699 / 1749. Pierre Subleyras, born in Saint Gilles du Gard (30), ported in Rome. Son of a painter from Uzès, he won the Grand Prix of the Académie Royale de Peinture in 1727 with "Le serpent d' Airain", now in the Musée des Beaux Arts de NIMES, which enabled him to leave for Rome and become a boarder at the Académie de France, then in the Palazzo Mancini. He received numerous commissions from religious orders, such as "Le repas chez Simon", now in the Louvre, and the portrait of Pope Benedict 14, in the Musée de Chantilly... Considered one of the leading 18th-century painters of France and Italy. Large catalog of the exhibition of his works at the MUSEE DU LUXEMBOURG, from February 20, 1987 and in ROME, AT THE VILLA MEDICIS from May 18 to July 19, 1987 - 380 pages - 24 x 21.5 cm. Chronology and long articles on art and history (113 pages) - Also a chronology of Italian painters living in Rome during Subleyras' period, a painter he greatly influenced. Catalog of the 124 works exhibited, extensively described and commented. Index of exhibitions at the end of the book, Bibliography and index of lenders.