François-Bruno DESHAYS de COLLEVILLE Rouen, 1732... Lot 47

François-Bruno DESHAYS de COLLEVILLE Rouen, 1732 - 1815 Portrait of the architect Nicolas-Marie Potain (Paris, 1723 - Choisy-le-Roi, 1790) Oil on canvas Portrait of the architect Nicolas-Maria Potain, oil on canvas, by F. B. Deshays de Colleville 60 x 50 cm (23,62 x 19,69 in.) Provenance: Acquired from Galerie Cailleux by Mr. Jean Fraissinet in the 1950s; Then by descent; Private collection, Geneva Exhibitions: 'Exposition rétrospective du décor de la chambre à coucher', Paris, Grand Palais, Salon des Arts Ménagers, January 26 - February 12, 1933, p. 24, no. 148 Demeures royales disparues', Château de Sceaux, Musée de l'Île-de-France, May 10 - August 2, 1950, no. 31 Bibliography: Maurice Loyer, 'L'Art d'autrefois dans la demeure d'aujourd'hui', Paris, 1954 (the painting is in the Louis XV room) André Bancel, 'Jean-Baptiste Deshays 1729-1765', Paris, 2008, p. 314, FB.6 Commentary: François Bruno presents here a portrait of the architect Nicolas-Marie Potain. Grand Prix de Rome in 1738, Potain worked alongside Ange-Jacques Gabriel in the Bâtiments du roi department. He was notably involved in the construction of Place Louis XV. A close associate of Marigny, he also worked at Ménars alongside Cochin and Soufflot. He was general controller of His Majesty's buildings in Fontainebleau and designed the church of Saint-Louis in Saint-Germain-en-Laye. Potain also wrote a "Traité des ordres d'architecture" in 1767. François-Bruno also painted a portrait of his wife, Marie-Louise Le Saché, who also passed through the Cailleux gallery in the 1950s (59 x 48 cm). She is depicted in a full-length bust, with a rose in her hair. She is wearing a low-cut bodice, held in place by gray-blue epaulets, over which is a green satin scarf. Her left arm, holding flowers, rests on a yellow cushion1. 1 André Bancel, 'op. cit.', p. 321, FB 48. Temporary import lot The buyer will have to pay import fees, i.e. 5.5% in addition to the hammer price, unless the lot is immediately re-exported outside the European Union. Lot in temporary importation. In addition to the commissions and taxes, and additional import fees of 5,5% of the hammer price will be charged. The import fees can be retroceded to the purchaser on presentation of written proof of exportation outside European Union.