Portrait of a Woman with a Corsage of Blue Flowers |
Cailleux, Paul. Paris, 136 rue du Fbg St Honore. Dealer in contact with Rochlitz, Wuester, Frau Dietrich, Haberstock. Knew Lohse, who claims to have freed his wife from a concentration camp. Authority on 18th century French art. President of the Art Dealers Association, Paris.
The name "Cailleux" appears in the ownership history of numerous artworks, some of which have gaps or uncertainties in the provenance between 1933-1945.
Here are a few examples from the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston (not currently on view).
Portrait of a Woman with a Corsage of Blue Flowers
Jean Baptiste Perronneau (French, 1715–1783)
DIMENSIONS: 42.5 x 52.1 cm (16 3/4 x 20 1/2 in.)
ACCESSION NUMBER: 65.2665
MEDIUM OR TECHNIQUE: Pastel on paper
NOT ON VIEW
COLLECTIONS: Europe, Prints and Drawings
CLASSIFICATIONS:Pastels
Signed
Upper right: Perronneau
Provenance
By 1935, Galerie Paul Cailleux, Paris; May 8, 1935, sold by Cailleux to Forsyth Wickes (b. 1876 - d. 1964), New York, Newport, RI, and Boston; 1965, bequest of Forsyth Wickes to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 8, 1969)
Credit Line
Bequest of Forsyth Wickes—The Forsyth Wickes Collection
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Portrait of a Boy
late 18th century
Follower of Joseph Ducreux (French, 1735–1802)
Follower of Joseph Ducreux (French, 1735–1802)
DIMENSIONS: 54.6 x 45.6 cm (21 1/2 x 17 15/16 in.)
ACCESSION NUMBER: 65.2641
MEDIUM OR TECHNIQUE: Oil on canvas
NOT ON VIEW
COLLECTIONS: Europe
CLASSIFICATIONS: Paintings
Provenance
1936, Galerie Paul Cailleux, Paris; May 8, 1936, sold by Cailleux to Forsyth Wickes, (b. 1876 - d. 1964), New York and Newport, RI; 1965, bequest of Forsyth Wickes to the MFA. (Accession date: January 8, 1969)
Credit Line
Bequest of Forsyth Wickes—The Forsyth Wickes Collection
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Louis XV as a Young Man
Rosalba Giovanna Carriera (Italian (Venetian), 1675–1757)
DIMENSIONS: 45.7 x 35.6 cm (18 x 14 in.)
ACCESSION NUMBER: 65.2655
MEDIUM OR TECHNIQUE: Pastel on paper
NOT ON VIEW
COLLECTIONS: Europe, Prints and Drawings
CLASSIFICATIONS: Pastels
Provenance
1937, Galerie Paul Cailleux, Paris; September 22, 1937, sold by Cailleux to Forsyth Wickes (b. 1876 - d. 1964), New York, Newport, RI, and Boston [see note 1]; 1965, bequest of Forsyth Wickes to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 8, 1969)
NOTES:
[1] Letter from Marianne Roland Michel of the Galerie Paul Cailleux to Eric M. Zafran of the MFA (February 19, 1990), in the MFA curatorial file.
[1] Letter from Marianne Roland Michel of the Galerie Paul Cailleux to Eric M. Zafran of the MFA (February 19, 1990), in the MFA curatorial file.
Credit Line
Bequest of Forsyth Wickes—The Forsyth Wickes Collection
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Presumed Portrait of Mademoiselle Duthé with Her Harp
Mademoiselle Duthé with her Harp
undated
Jacques Antoine Marie Lemoine (French, 1751–1824)
Jacques Antoine Marie Lemoine (French, 1751–1824)
DIMENSIONS: Framed: (Round) 73.7 x 59.7 x 5.1 cm (29 x 23 1/2 x 2 in.) Overall: 52.6 x 42.9cm (20 11/16 x 16 7/8in.)
ACCESSION NUMBER: 65.2583
MEDIUM OR TECHNIQUE: Chalk and colored washes
NOT ON VIEW
COLLECTIONS: Europe, Prints and Drawings
CLASSIFICATIONS: Drawings
Inscription
Information on back of frame
Provenance
Cailleux, Paris; October 8, 1935, purchased by Forsyth Wickes (b.1876-d.1964), New York and Newport, RI; 1965, bequest of Forsyth Wickes to the MFA.
Credit Line
Bequest of Forsyth Wickes—The Forsyth Wickes Collection
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Landscape with Caryatids
Landscape with Three Peasants Chatting
The Caryatids
Hubert Robert (French, 1733–1808)
DIMENSIONS: Framed: 46 x 54 x 5.1 cm (18 1/8 x 21 1/4 x 2 in.) Other: 28.5 x 36.4 cm (11 1/4 x 14 5/16 in.)
ACCESSION NUMBER: 65.2542
MEDIUM OR TECHNIQUE: Red chalk
NOT ON VIEW
COLLECTIONS: Europe, Prints and Drawings
CLASSIFICATIONS: Drawings
Provenance
Galerie Cailleux, Paris; May 8, 1936, purchased by Forsyth Wickes (b.1876-d.1964), New York and Newport, RI; 1965, bequest of Forsyth WIckes to the MFA.
Credit Line
Bequest of Forsyth Wickes—The Forsyth Wickes Collection
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Portrait of Two Boys (said to be the Autichamp Brothers)
Attributed to Joseph Boze (French, 1744–1826)
DIMENSIONS
72.4 x 58.4 cm (28 1/2 x 23 in.)
ACCESSION NUMBER
65.2636
MEDIUM OR TECHNIQUE
Oil on canvas
ON VIEW
Ann and William Elfers Gallery (Gallery 245)
COLLECTIONS
Europe
CLASSIFICATIONS
Paintings
Boze’s sweetly rendered portraits, usually executed in an oval format, were popular among wealthy patrons and members of the French court. But the painter—who was not an academically trained artist—found less success at the Salon, the official exhibition of Paris’s Académie des Beaux Arts; he exhibited there only once, in 1791. The children in this double‑portrait are traditionally identified as the Autichamp brothers, and most likely belonged to a Royalist family. (The older boy, Charles, later became a count.) Like other artists who aligned themselves with France’s upper class, Boze was forced to go into exile during the most violent period of the French Revolution.
Provenance
Château du Blésois. July 23, 1930, anonymous sale, Hôtel des Ventes, Orléans, France [see note 1]. Probably 1930, sold by Cailleux, Paris to Forsyth Wickes (b. 1876- d. 1964), New York and Newport, RI [see note 2]; 1965, bequest of Forsyth Wickes to the MFA (Accession date: January 8, 1969)
NOTES:
[1] See Beaux-Arts, August, 1930, p 9. It sold as "Portrait d'un cadet et son jeune frère" by Greuze for 146,000 fr.
[1] See Beaux-Arts, August, 1930, p 9. It sold as "Portrait d'un cadet et son jeune frère" by Greuze for 146,000 fr.
[2] According to Marianne Roland Michel of Cailleux (letter Feb 19, 1990) this painting was sold to Forsyth Wickes on March 10, 1930. However, Wickes must have purchased it on a date after the Orleans sale. The exact date on which Cailleux sold it to Wickes is unknown.
Credit Line
Bequest of Forsyth Wickes—The Forsyth Wickes Collection
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François Armand de Gontaut, Duc de Biron
1714
Nicolas de Largillierre (French, 1656–1746)
Nicolas de Largillierre (French, 1656–1746)
DIMENSIONS
138.8 x 106.7 cm (54 5/8 x 42 in.)
ACCESSION NUMBER
1981.283
MEDIUM OR TECHNIQUE
Oil on canvas
NOT ON VIEW
COLLECTIONS
Europe
CLASSIFICATIONS
Paintings