Live Auction 7746Parisian Taste in London: A Private Collection and Furniture
Marie-Gabrielle Capet (Lyon 1761-1818 Paris)
Lot 18

Marie-Gabrielle Capet (Lyon 1761-1818 Paris)

Portrait of Jean-Pierre Demetz (1753-1820)

Closed10 September 2009

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Marie-Gabrielle Capet (Lyon 1761-1818 Paris)
Portrait of Jean-Pierre Demetz (1753-1820)
signed and dated 'M.G. Capet/An.9. [1800]'
pastel, on two joined sheets
27¼ x 21½ in. (69.2 x 54.6 cm.)

The sitter; by whom bequeathed to his steward
François Ménard; by whom bequeathed to
Henri Philippe.
with Galerie Cailleux, Paris, Un choix de pastels des maîtres français du XVIIIe siècles, June 1923.
Baron Eugène Fould-Springer; and by descent to his widow
Marie-Cécile von Springer, later Mrs Frank Wooster, by 1934.

Specialist note

Jean-Pierre Demetz, a successful lawyer, later served twice as Mayor of Dourdon. We are grateful to Neil Jeffares for his assistance in preparing this catalogue entry.