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circa 1714-circa 1715
Painting
oil on canvas
65.7 x 54.2cm stretcher; 90.0 x 78.8 x 10.0cm frame
Gift of James Fairfax AO 1995
176.1995
Art Gallery of NSW, Ground Level, European Art 15th-18th Century Galleries, Fairfax Galleries/Room 3
Provenance
James Oswald Fairfax AO (Australia, b.1933), 24 Oct 1988-22 Jun 1995, Bowral/New South Wales/Australia, Gift of James Fairfax 1995. Purchased by James Fairfax from Colnaghi, New York 1988
Colnaghi U.S.A. (United States of America), 1985-24 Oct 1988, New York/New York/United States of America, by 1985. Sold to James Fairfax, 24 October 1988
Palais Galliera (France), 02 Dec 1976, Paris/France, lot no. 33
The Comtesse Niel (France), 1928, France, by 1928
Bibliography
Exhibition catalogue; The James Fairfax collection of old master paintings, drawings and prints; Richard Beresford (England; Australia), Peter Raissis (Australia); 2003, 110 (colour illus.), 111-112, 113 (colour illus.), cat.no. 29, illustration on page 113 is a detail
Exhibition catalogue; Visages du Grand Siècle: le portrait français sous le règne de Louis XIV, 1660-1715; Musée des beaux-arts, Nantes (France), Musée des Augustins, Toulouse (France); 1997, 153 (illus.), as 'Portrait d'homme' location unknown
Annual report; Art Gallery of New South Wales Annual Report 1995; Art Gallery of New South Wales (Australia, estab. 1874); 1995, 56
Exhibition catalogue; The James Fairfax collection of old masters; Art Gallery of New South Wales (Australia, estab. 1874); 1992, no catalogue numbers
Exhibition catalogue; The inspired spirit: three centuries of European painting; Richard Nagy, Martyn Cook; 1986, 48, 49 (colour illus.), cat.no. 21
Exhibition catalogue; European paintings 1550-1800; Colnaghi U.S.A. (United States of America); 1985, 64, 65 (illus.), cat.no. 21
Exhibition catalogue; Largillierre and the eighteenth-century portrait; M.N. Rosenfeld; 1982, 197, note 7
Periodical; Gazette des Beaux-Arts; Editor Unknown; Jun 1928, 336, 'L'exposition Nicolas de Largillierre au Petit Palais' by C. Gronowski, pg. 321-38, note 1
Exhibition catalogue; Nicolas de Largillierre; Petit Palais, Paris (France); 1928, 20, cat.no. 19
Exhibition venue
Title: The James Fairfax collection of old master paintings, drawings and prints
Venue: Art Gallery of New South Wales
Opening: 17 Apr 2003
Closing: 20 Jul 2003
Curator: Beresford, Richard
Raissis, Peter
Title: The James Fairfax collection of old masters
Venue: Art Gallery of New South Wales
Opening: 25 Apr 1992
Closing: 14 Jun 1992
Curator: Free, Renée
Capon, Edmund
Title: The inspired spirit: three centuries of European painting
Venue: DC-Art (David Cook)
Opening: Sep 1986
Closing: Oct 1986
Curator: Nagy, Richard
Notes: cat.no. 21
Title: European paintings 1550-1800
Venue: Colnaghi U.S.A.
Opening: 31 Oct 1985
Closing: 07 Dec 1985
Notes: cat.no. 21
Title: Nicolas de Largillierre
Venue: Petit Palais, Paris
Opening: 1928
Closing: 1928
Notes: cat.no. 19, as 'John Curchill - futur Duc de Marlborough, recevant de Louis XIV un brevet de Capitaine pours sa bravoure au siege de Maestrich' with incorrect measurements. Lent by the comtesse Niel.
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