Adolf Ulrik Wertmüller(Sweden, 1751-1811)
"M. Pierre-Nicolas Grassot”
"M. Pierre-Nicolas Grassot”
Signed A: Wertmüller Suédois and dated Lyon 1780. Relined canvas, oval 63.5 x 49 cm. Period gilded frame.
Saleroom notice
The depicted portrait in Gustaf Lundberg's book on Wertmüller's activities in Lyon is a similar portrait of the same person.
Provenance
Formerly in the Grassot family collections, Lyon.
Likely purchased at Fritzes Royal Court Bookstore, Stockholm.
Literature
Gunnar W Lundberg, "Wertmüller - Swedish Painter of Marie-Antoinette - His Stay in Lyon", 1972, cf. pl. IV
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