Les Aveux Indiscrèts (The Indiscreet Confessions)
Les Aveux Indiscrèts (The Indiscreet Confessions)
Les Aveux Indiscrèts (The Indiscreet Confessions)
Les Aveux Indiscrèts (The Indiscreet Confessions)

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Les Aveux Indiscrèts (The Indiscreet Confessions),

1715–1736

Jean-Baptiste Pater, 1695–1736; born Valenciennes, France; died Paris, France; active Paris and Valenciennes
2024-338

Information

Title
Les Aveux Indiscrèts (The Indiscreet Confessions)
Dates

1715–1736

Maker
Jean-Baptiste Pater
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
44.4 × 54.9 cm (17 1/2 × 21 5/8 in.) frame: 62.9 × 72.5 × 7.7 cm (24 3/4 × 28 9/16 × 3 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Christopher C. Forbes, Class of 1972
Object Number
2024-338
Culture
European, French
Type
paintings, rococo, oil paintings
Subject
fête, comedy

Pierre Filloeul (1696-c.1754), Paris, until 1739; his sale, August 1739 [1]. Private Collection. Wildenstein & Co., by 1956; donated by the Wildenstein Foundation to the American Friends of the Louvre; L.A. LOUVRE, les BIDS! A modern luxury auction to benefit the Musée du Louvre, online auction hosted by Sotheby’s, May 13, 2022, lot 24; purchase by Christopher Forbes; 2024 gift to Princeton University Art Museum.

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