Nicolas Antoine TAUNAY (1755-1830). Bear hunt. Walnut... Lot 148

Nicolas Antoine TAUNAY (1755-1830). Bear hunt. Walnut panel coated with filasse. Traces of signature lower right. Height 20.6 - Width 30 cm Provenance : Cabinet M* sale, Paris (Lebrun, Boileau), March 23, 1784, no. 62;Lanfraff [Landgraff] sale, Paris (Paillet), 1788, no. 53 [or 54];anonymous sale, Paris (Paillet, Boileau), February 13, 1792, no. 51; Batz (Gers) collection;in 1963, acquired by the current owner from the trade in Castelnaudary, collection of Laure Pellicer, professor of art history and co-editor of the catalog François-Xavier Fabre: from Florence to Montpellier. Bibliography: Claudine Lebrun Jouve, Nicolas Antoine Taunay (1755-1830), Paris, Arthena, 2003, P. 139, reproduced. Expert: Cabinet Turquin, Mr. Stéphane Pinta.