Jean-Baptiste HUET (Paris, 1745-1811) - Lot 6

Jean-Baptiste HUET (Paris, 1745-1811) Young woman by a stream. Panel, one board, not parqueted. Signed and dated on the tree trunk. Inscription on reverse "J. B. r. huette pp6.4.8. svp / Docteur Payenneville ... " Old labels mentioning the Rouen and Bagatelle exhibitions in which the painting took part. On the reverse of the frame, label for the Copenhagen exhibition. 19.8 x 25.8 cm Provenance: collection of Doctor Joseph Payenneville in 1929 Exhibitions: "Art du XVIIIe siècle", Musée de Rouen, March-April 1929, p.176, Plate 40, no. 16 "Exposition d'Art du XVIIIe siècle - Le XVIIIe siècle aux Champs", Bagatelle, June-July 1929, p.8, no. 31 "French Art in the 18th century", Charlottenborg Palace, Copenhagen, August-October 1935, p.30, no. 98.