Owner: Caroline Stern — Chateau de Villette, France
Collection: (ST) Caroline Stern
Inventory No.: St 17
Kiste Nr. ST 3
Artist: 1788, Marie-Gabrielle Capet (geb. 1761 in Lyon, gest. 1818 ebda.)
Medium: Paintings
Title: Bildnis eines Offiziers
Description: Halbfigur nach links gewendet, den Beschauer anblickend. Weissgepudertes, über den Ohren zusammengerolltes Haar. In goldbestresstem blausamtenen Uniformrock, unter dem die rote, goldbestresste Weste und das weisse Jabot sichtbar werden. Auf dem Rock das Kreuz des Heiligen-Geist-Ordens.
Öl auf Lwd.
hochoval
72 x 58,3 cm
Signatur: M.G. Capet 1788
 
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Provenance and Comments: In Caroline Stern's inventory, there is a painting of a man in a blue uniform which is attributed to the "school of Louis Tocque." However, the ERR art historians at the Jeu de Paume were formal about attributing this painting to a leading woman portraitist of the late 18th century, Marie-Gabrielle Capet.
Archival Sources: RG 260 M1943 Reel 26 NARA; Bundesarchiv, B323/289; RA 8, RV 103, MAEE, Paris, France
Measurements: 72 x 58,3 cm
Signed? Yes
Intake place: Chateau de la Villette (Oise)
Transfer place: Louvre
Transfer date: 1940-12-13
Transfer place: Jeu de Paume
Transfer place: Lager Peter
Munich No.: 437/1
Repatriated to France? Yes
Repatriation date: 1946-09-19
Restituted? Yes
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