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Louis Léopold BOILLY (1761-1845):

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PRESUMED PORTRAIT OF LAWYER LOUIS LIEVREVILLE, born in Paris on May 26, 1801. Oil on canvas, unsigned. Reinterlining. Handwritten annotation in ink on the back of the frame. 22 x 17 cm. Bibliography: catalogued reasoned, Louis-Léopold Boilly (1761-1845), Le peintre de la société parisienne de Louis XVI àLouis-Philippe, by Etienne Bréton and Pascal Zuber - Tome II, n°1257 PP, pages 787 and 788. We would like to thank Mr. Pascal Zuber for kindly providing us with this information. Ancient provenances: - Anonymous sale London (Sotheby's), 19 December 1973, n°57 (150 livres). - Anonymous sale Paris (Laurin, Guilloux, Buffetaud), 4 April 1974, n°36 (5000 francs). - Anonymous sale, Roubaix (May), 22 June 2015, n°168 (not sold). - Anonymous sale