Circle of Pierre-Paul Prud'hon (Cluny 1758-1823 Paris)


The Assumption of the Virgin oil on canvas31.6 x 26.1cm (12 7/16 x 10 1/4in).
|ProvenancePossibly, Beurnonville sale, Paris 3 June 1884, lot 422 (see Literature)Sale, Bonhams, London, 30 October 2013, lot 234, where purchased by the present ownerLiteraturePossibly, J. Guiffrey, P.P. Prud'hon, peintures, pastels et dessins, Paris, 1924, under cat. no. 317 ('Une Assomption de la Vierge sur toile, esquisse du tableau du Louvre, attribuee a Prud'hon measurant 0,32 sur 0,25, pasait a la vente Beurnonville du 3 juin 1884, no. 422')The present work is possibly related to the sketch of the Assumption in the Musée Thomas-Henry, Cherbourg.