Live Auction 16722The Collection of Peggy and David Rockefeller: English & European Furniture, Ceramics and Decorations, Part II
Attributed to Jean-Baptiste Isabey (Nancy 1767- 1855 Paris)
Lot 613

Attributed to Jean-Baptiste Isabey (Nancy 1767- 1855 Paris)

Portrait of Mme Eugénie Moreau

Closed10 May 2018

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Attributed to Jean-Baptiste Isabey (Nancy 1767- 1855 Paris)
Portrait of Mme Eugénie Moreau
graphite and white chalk
14 5/8 x 10 ¾ in. (36.6 x 27.6 cm)

Mr. Thiébault-Sisson, Paris, by 1909.
Abby Aldrich Rockefeller, acquired in Paris 1930 through Walter Pach.
Her estate; John D. Rockefeller Jr.
Winthrop Rockefeller.
David Rockefeller, New York.

Specialist note

The wife of Napoleon's general Jean Victor Marie Moreau (1763-1813), whom she married in November 1800, Alexandrine Louise Eugenie Moreau (née Hulot) was an intimate friend of Joséphine Bonaparte. A very talented pianist, Mme Moreau is here portrayed by Isabey seated in front of her Erard piano; at left a libretto of Mozart is a reminder of her special affection for the great composer, whose music was then little known in Paris.