Nicolas COLOMBEL (circa 1644 - 1717) - Lot 54

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Nicolas COLOMBEL (circa 1644 - 1717) - Lot 54
Nicolas COLOMBEL (circa 1644 - 1717) Portrait of the actor Philippe Emmanuel de Coulanges, in Carnival costume Walnut panel, one board, not parqueted. Height : 32 cm Width : 24.7 cm Old restorations. Old inscriptions and labels on the back. Former Bernard Franck Collection Four other versions of this composition are known and are cited in the catalogue of the exhibition "Nicolas Colombel Colombel circa 1644 ? 1717", Musée des beaux-arts de Rouen, 2012-2013, pages 184 to 187, P54 to P57 : at the Carnavalet Museum in Paris (canvas, 38 x 33 cm), at the Château de Grignan (canvas, 35.5 x 27.4 cm), in the (panel, 32 x 25 cm) and at the Château de Carrouges (panel, 32 x 25 cm). The model gave up his position as a councillor at the parliament of Paris to become a chansonnier. Cousin close to Madame de Sévigné, the model wrote to her on January 11, 1691 that his portrait, mask in hand that his portrait, mask in hand and cap in the Hungarian style, belonged to Cardinal de Forbin. It had been painted by Colombel in Rome a year before during the the Carnival a year earlier. It then passed into the collection of Guillaume II Lamoignon, where it was inventoried in 1772. Expert: Cabinet TURQUIN
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