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Summary

Artist
Attributed to Robert Lefèvre  (1755–1830)  wikidata:Q559676
 
Attributed to Robert Lefèvre
Alternative names
legal name: Robert Jacques François Faust Lefèvre
Description French painter
Date of birth/death 24 September 1755 Edit this at Wikidata 3 October 1830 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Bayeux Edit this at Wikidata Paris Edit this at Wikidata
Work location
Authority file
artist QS:P170,Q559676,P5102,Q230768
Object type painting
object_type QS:P31,Q3305213
Description
English: Portrait of two elegantly dressed ladies (both in white dresses, one in a red shawl), with sheet music.
Français : Deux jeunes femmes sont représentées en buste. Toutes deux sont de profil gauche. La première tourne le visage vers l’observateur, la seconde repose le sien sur l’épaule de sa compagne. Elles sont vêtues d’une robe blanche de type Empire avec des cheveux bouclés maintenus par un bandeau. La première porte un collier et un pendentif et tient de la main droite une partition de musique qu’elle montre avec son autre main, la seconde qui porte aussi un châle pourpre pose une main sur le bras de sa compagne.
Date
English: clothing styles suggest before 1815
Français : les tenues évoquent une réalisation antérieure à 1815
Medium oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259
Dimensions height: 83.2 cm (32.7 in); width: 76.8 cm (30.2 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,83.2U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,76.8U174728
Object history 2013-01-31–2013-02-01: purchased by ?, at the sale of the collection of Succession de Lucille Kate, at Sotheby's, New York , lot no. 286 (as Robert Lefèvre)
Inscriptions
English: On sheet music
Français : Sur la partition

Title recto top:

... DE MAISON A VENDRE
[Air de Maison à vendre] [Music of Maison à vendre]
in brown

Text recto top:

chanté par Martin
[singing by Martin]
in brown

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paroles de Duval musique de Dalayrac
[words’ Duval music’s Dalayrac]
in brown

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prix 1F16
[prix 1 franc 16] [price 1 franc 16]
in brown

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chez Louis marchand de musique à la Croix Dor n°6
[Chez Louis, marchand de musique, à Paris, rue du Roule, à la Croix-d'or, n°6] [Louis, music dealer, in Paris, rue du Roule, in the Croix d’Or n°6]
in brown

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Al. moderato
[Allegro moderato]
in brownText recto:
N° 4 piano

in brown
Notes
English: In private correspondence with the owner before the sale, the expert Alain Latreille suggested an attribution of this work to Robert Jacques François Lefèvre.
Français : Dans une correspondance privée avec le propriétaire avant la vente, l’expert Alain Latreille a suggéré d'attribuer ce travail à Robert Jacques François Lefèvre.
Source/Photographer Sotheby's : URL’s artwork

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