ANTOINE-PIERRE
PATEL
1648 - Paris - 1707
Note
Antoine
Pierre was the son of Pierre Patel the elder and like his father worked on the
decorations of the Louvre. He died as a result of a duel.
This
painting may be part of a series of twelve months formerly at the Jesuit Convent
of St Louis la Culture in Paris which was removed during the French Revolution.
Two
pictures from the series (the months January and April) are now in the Louvre
INV. Nos 7133 & 7134. Two more, Louvre INV 7135/6 representing August and
September are on permanent loan from the Louvre to the Château de Maisons-Lafitte.
October is in the Museum of San Francisco, while November and December are at
the Museum of Schwerin in Germany. February is known to be in a Private
Collection as now is June, formerly in our possession:
That picture was dated 1699 and the whole commission was finished in the
same year.
With
the discovery of the present picture only one remaining painting is missing. If
this is correct the Provenance would
be: Convent Church of
St.Louis-la-Culture, Paris
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