Pierre-Paul Prud'hon
David Johnston
180855 x 46.6 cm
Oil on canvas
Signed and dated lower right: Prudhon / 1808
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Samuel H. Kress Collection
Literature
Collection catalogues
John Walker, National Gallery of Art, Washington, New York, 1995, nr. 596
Provenance
the portrait's original owner is said to have been the sitter (1789-1854), Bordeaux, France
by descent to the Johnston family, Bordeaux
Edouard-Napoléon-Cesar-Edmond Mortier, duc de Trévise (1883-1946), Paris, in 1913
his sale, Hôtel Jean Charpentier, Paris, 19 May 1938, nr. 36
bought in for the family by Robert Lebel (1901-1986), Paris
with Julius H. Weitzner (1896-1986), New York
sold 1952 to the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, New York
gift 1961 to NGA
Other works by Pierre-Paul Prud'hon
The Abduction of Psyche
Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand-Perigord, Prince de Bénévent
1817
1817
The Union of Love and Friendship
c. 1793
c. 1793
Justice and Divine Vengeance Pursuing Crime
1808
1808
Portrait of the Empress Josephine
1805
1805