Guillaume Voiriot

Guillaume Voiriot (Paris 1713-1799), Portrait of a richly dressed lady, her bracelet, which is set with brilliants, featuring a miniature of her husband, oil oncanvas, 66 x 55.5 cm, framed, Certificate: Ludwig Meyer, Archiv fürKunstgeschichte, Munich. Ludwig Meyer compares the presentpainting by Voiriot with two further works by this artist: (1) Family Portrait, sale, Sotheby ‘s, Monaco, 2 December 1994, lot 65; (2) Portrait of Monsieur Gilbert Desvoisins, sale, Christie‘s, New York, 29 January 1998, lot 88. Specialist: Dr. Alexander Strasoldo

Guillaume Voiriot Paris 1713-1799
Portrait of Monsieur Aublet, three-quarter-length, seated, in a black fancy costume and playing a five-course guitar, a sheet of music on a table beside him
Add. Notes: signed with initials 'V.P.' (on the guitar) oil on canvas 50¾ x 38¼ in. 128.9 x 97.2 cm. Provenance
Notes: The identification of the sitter dates from 1782, when the present picture was exhibited at the Salon de Paris. Few biographical details are known about Monsieur Aublet. He is portrayed holding a French five-stringed guitar, characteristic of the work of the Parisian seventeenth-century luthier, Rene Voboam. The painting is signed by the artist with initials on the ivory tablet at the top of the pegbox, in the same manner in which Voboam signed his guitars. Born to a family of artists, Voiriot studied in Rome under the patronage of Louis XV's Minister for Fine Art, Charles François Le Normand de Tournehem. He received his first Royal commission in 1752. A painter of portraits and genre scenes, he was a member of the Académie Royal de Peinture et de Sculpture, attaining the rank of Councillor in 1785. He exhibited work at this Salon between 1752 and 1791, and at the Salon de Correspondance in 1782, where the present picture was included.
Provenance: with Wildenstein, New York. Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 6 July 1990, lot 95.
Exhibited: Paris, Hôtel Villayer, Rue Saint André-des-Arts, Salon de la Correspondance, June 1782 as 'Portraite de M. Aublet, jouant sa guitare, coupé à ses genoux'.

LOT 174 PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF GIANCARLO BARONI GUILLAUME VOIRIOT PARIS 1713 - 1799 PORTRAIT OF AN ACTOR, HALF LENGTH oil on canvas 34 1/2 by 26 1/2 in.; 87.6 by 67.3 cm.

LOT 70 ATTRIBUÉ À GUILLAUME VOIRIOT PARIS 1713 - 1799 PORTRAIT INACHEVÉ D'UN SCULPTEUR [ATTRIBUTED TO GUILLAUME VOIRIOT ; UNFINISHED PORTRAIT OF ASCULPTOR ; OIL ON CANVAS, OVAL ] 3,000—4,000 EUR measurements measurements note 59 x 49,5 cm ; 23 1/4 by 19 1/2 in. Description Huile sur toile, ovale