Elisabeth_Louise_Vigée-Le_Brun_-_Juno_Borrowing_the_Belt_of_Venus,_1781.jpg

Summary

Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun : Juno Borrowing the Belt of Venus wikidata:Q105731234 reasonator:Q105731234
Artist
Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun (1755–1842) wikidata:Q213163 s:fr:Auteur:Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun q:fr:Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun
Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun
Alternative names
Marie Louise Élisabeth Vigée-Lebrun; Vigée-Le Brun; Élisabeth-Louise Vigée-Le Brun
Description French portrait painter
Date of birth/death 16 April 1755 Edit this at Wikidata 30 March 1842 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Paris Paris
Work location
Vienna ; Antwerp ; City of Brussels ; Paris ; Versailles ; Berlin ; Rome ; Amsterdam ; The Hague ; Rotterdam ; Russia ; London Edit this at Wikidata
Authority file
artist QS:P170,Q213163
image of artwork listed in title parameter on this page
Title
English: Juno Borrowing the Belt of Venus
Français : Junon empruntant la ceinture de Venus
Object type painting
object_type QS:P31,Q3305213
Genre mythological painting Edit this at Wikidata
Depicted people
Date 1781
date QS:P571,+1781-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259
Dimensions height: 147.3 cm (57.9 in); width: 113.5 cm (44.6 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,147.3U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,113.5U174728
Private collection
institution QS:P195,Q768717
Place of creation France Edit this at Wikidata
Object history
  • Commissioned by Charles Philippe de France, Comte d'Artois (1757-1835), brother of Louis XVI, Palais du Grand-Prieur, within the Palais du Temple, Rue du Temple, Paris;
  • Seized from the Temple on 7 June 1794 [19 Prairial, Year II] by revolutionary authorities, along with other works belonging to the prince, and sent to the Hôtel de Nesle, Rue de Beaune;
  • Transferred on the orders of the Interior Minister to Antoine Gabriel Jourdan (1740-1804), 'farmer' from the Müntzthal national glassworks in Lorraine;
  • His sale, Paris, 4 April 1803 [14 Germinal, Year IV], lot 90 (withdrawn after a bid of 1,710 francs);
  • By descent to his godson, Aimé Gabriel d'Artigues (1773-1848), director of the Saint-Louis glassworks;
  • His daughter, Anne Gabrielle d'Artigues (1833-1889), who in 1853 married Charles-Édouard, Comte de Ribes (1824-1896), mayor of Belle-Église (Oise);
  • Their son, Charles-Aimé-Auguste, Comte de Ribes (1858-1917);
  • His son, Jean, Comte de Ribes (1893-1982);
  • His son, Édouard, Comte de Ribes (1923-2013);
  • Ribes heirs
  • Sale, Ribes Collection I, Paris, Sotheby's, 11 December 2019, lot 3, Sold for 1,452,500 EUR
Exhibition history
References
Source/Photographer Sotheby's Lot.3

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Captions

Juno Borrowing the Belt of Venus (1781). Private Collection