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Portrait of Jean-Gabriel du Theil at the Signing of the Treaty of Vienna
The Cleveland Museum of Art · John L. Severance Fund
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Portrait of Jean-Gabriel du Theil at the Signing of the Treaty of Vienna

1738–40
Jacques André Joseph Aved (French, 1702–1766) visual detail
ArtistJacques André Joseph Aved (French, 1702–1766)
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Provenance

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by 1922

Edouard Kann [1873-1927], Paris, France

Until 1956?

Possibly Madame Delaney, Paris, France

Dec. 10, 1956

(Sale: Hôtel Drouot, Dec. 10, 1956, lot J, sold to Wildenstein & Co.)

1956-1964

(Wildenstein & Co., New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)

1964-

The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio

Source provenance text

Edouard Kann [1873-1927], Paris, France Possibly Madame Delaney, Paris, France (Sale: Hôtel Drouot, Dec. 10, 1956, lot J, sold to Wildenstein & Co.) (Wildenstein & Co., New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio

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Exhibitions

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Year in Review (1964). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 8, 1964-January 31, 1965). The Age of Louis XV: French Painting, 1710 - 1774. The Toledo Museum of Art (organizer) (October 26-December 7, 1975); The Art Institute of Chicago (January 10-February 22, 1976); National Gallery of Canada (March 21-May 2, 1976). Das Meschenbuild in der europäischen Kunst (Images of Man in Western Art). Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Nationalgalerie, Berlin, Germany (July 5-September 28, 1980). Nicolas de Largillierre and the Role of the Portrait in 18th Century France. Montréal Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal, Quebec, Canada (organizer) (September 19-November 15, 1981). Paris, Salon, 1740, cat. no. 85 ("Un Tableau représentant M. du Theil, Secretaire du Cabinet du Roy, premier Commis des Affaires étrangères, ci-devant Ministre & Plénipotentiaire de Sa Majeste auprès de l'Empereur, au moment qu'il vient de signer un des Actes de la dernière Pacification.") Style, Truth, and the Portrait. Cleveland Museum of Art (October 1 - November 10, 1963), cat. no. 48. The Age of Louis XV, French Painting 1710-1774. Toledo Museum of Art (October 26-December 7, 1975); Art Institute of Chicago (January 10-February 22, 1976); Ottawa, National Gallery of Canada (March 21-May 2, 1976), cat. no. 2. Bilder vom Menschen in der Kunst des Abendlandes. Berlin, Nationalgalerie, Staatliche museen Preussischer Kulturbesitz (July 5 - September 28, 1980), cat. no. 43. Nicolas de Largillierre and the Role of the Portrait in 18th-Century France. The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Quebec, Canada (September 19 - November 15, 1981), cat. no. 77.

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<em>As </em>secretary of foreign affairs for Louis XV of France, Jean-Gabriel du Theil (1685–1755) helped negotiate the 1738 Treaty of Vienna, which ceded the Duchy of Lorraine to France. The seal du Theil holds in his hand, the silver-gilt writing set, and the thick document all allude to these negotiations, while the wisp of smoke rising from the candle used to melt the sealing wax suggests that the treaty has only just concluded. Du Thiel’s relaxed posture conveys calm assurance, but his sharp gaze is that of a shrewd negotiator. A costume encrusted with gold embroidery and (just visible at his chest) the pink ribbon and star of the royal Order of Saint Lazarus, are visible manifestations of du Theil’s prestigious position.

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0 observed sales · 0 comparable sales · 5 structured provenance events · 4 structured exhibitions.

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