Lot n° 133
Estimation :
5000 - 6000
EUR
HALLÉ Noël. "The Schoolmaster". Oil on canvas circa 1750 in - Lot 133
HALLÉ Noël. "The Schoolmaster". Oil on canvas circa 1750 in a beautiful gilded wooden frame (some old restorations and small missing parts). H.62 L.76,5. Literature : This painting is an unpublished autograph replica of a lost composition which was very successful during its exhibition at the Salon of 1751 and which the artist engraved himself. Four other unsigned versions are listed in Nicole Willk-Brocard's monograph (Une dynastie Les Hallé, Paris, Arthena, 1995, pp. 378-381, no. 43 a-d) : the first one (N 43a, 64 x 81 CM) is preserved in the museum of Lons-le-Saunier (Jura), the second one (N 43b, 53.3 x 64, 7 CM) in a private collection, as well as the third (n° 43c, 56.5 x 76 CM), while the fourth (N 43d, 65 x 82 CM) has been lost since 1939. Another version (64.8 x 80 CM) was sold in London by Phillips on July 4, and again on December 12, 2000, under no. 204 and 106 respectively. The subject is in line with one of the major preoccupations of the time: the education of children. The subject of this work is related to one of the major preoccupations of the time: the education of children. It appeared in France in the second half of the 18th century and was nourished by a rich philosophical reflection, in particular by Rousseau's Emile (1762) or by the Journal of Mme de Lespinasse.
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