Французская живопись 17 - 20 вв. из музея изобразительных искусств им. Пушкина, Москва (French Painting from the Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow 17th to 20th Century)

CHARLES DE LAFOSSE. 1636-1716

25 ROMULUS AND REMUS. 1715

Oil on canvas. 45 X 55 cm. Inv. No 1135 The subject is taken from Plutarch's Lives (Theseus and Romulus). M. Stuffmann holds that the picture was painted in the artist's later period, i. e. after 1700.

Provenance: until 1925 The Armory of the Moscow Kremlin; since 1925 The Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow

Exhibition: 1955 Moscow, Cat., p. 41 Bibliography: Кат. ГМИИ 1948, p. 26; Кат. ГМИИ 1957, p. 79; Кат. ГМИИ 1961, p. 108; Reau 1929, No 564; M. Stuffmann, "Charles de La Fosse", Gazette des Beaux-Arts, 64, 1964, p. 110, No 63, ill. [liter

25 ROMULUS AND REMUS. 1715

26 SUSANNAH AND THE ELDERS

Oil on canvas. 64 X 51 cm. Inv. No 1138 The subject is taken from the Bible (Dan. 13:19—23). The picture was evidently painted in Lafosse's last years when, living at Crozat's and studying his art collection, he began to imitate the style of Rembrandt. Provenance: until 1769 The H. Briihl Collection, Dresden; 1769—1925 The Hermitage, St Petersburg —Petro-

grad; since 1925 The Pushkin Museum of Fins Arts, Moscow

Exhibitions: 1920 Petrograd; 1922—25 Petrograd Bibliography: Кат. ГМИИ 1948, p. 26; Кат. ГМИИ 1961, p. 108; Cat. Ermitage 1774, No 2028; Ernst 1928, p. 169; Reau 1929, No 561; M. Stuffmann, "Charles de La Fosse", Gazette des Bet их-Aits 64 1964, p. 112, No 69, ill.

26 SUSANNAH AND THE ELDERS