Meekness

Provenance

Commissioned by Guillaume Brissonnet (died 1674) in 1650 for the chapel of his Paris town house [according to Guillet de Saint-Georges [1690], p. 164]; by descent to his son, Jean Baptiste Brissonnet (died 1698) [the early history of the house and its chapel decorations is recounted by Mérot 1987, pp.244-5]; sold with the house to Vincent d'Invault, 1698; sold to Jacques Turgot (died 1722), maître des Requêtes, 1714; by descent in 1757 to Anne Robert Jacques Turgot (died 1781); in 1775 the house was sold and the decorations dismantled; at Turgot's death, the paintings passed to his heirs including Etienne François Turgot, marquis de Sousmont, to at least 1784. Vincent Donjeux, Paris; sold LeBrun et Paillet, Paris, April 29 and following, 1793, lot 330, with "Justice," for 1,550 livres to Jouberton. Lafontaine, Paris; sold Chariot, Paris, May 28-June 2, 1821, lot 128 with "Justice", as "L'Innocence," for Fr 480. M. de Mauméjan, Paris; sold Lacoste, Paris, June 29-July 2, 1825, lot 40, with "Justice" as "L'Innocence." Jean Toussaint Arrighi de Casanova, duc de Padoue (died 1853), château de Courson-Monteloup (Essonne); by decent to Ernest Louis Hyacinthe Arrigi de Casanova, duc de Padoue (died 1888); by descent to his great grandson comte Ernest de Caraman, Châeau de Courson (died 1958) [the later descent of "Justice" and "Mansuétude" is given by Mérot 1987, p. 247]. Sold Hôtel Drouot, Paris, December 4, 1967, lot 81, to Comte de Gramont, as school of Eustache Le Sueur, "La Charité." Heim Gallery, London by 1974; sold to the Art Institute, 1974.

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