Joseph-Siffred DUPLESSIS (Carpentras 1725- Versailles 1802) - Lot 33

Joseph-Siffred DUPLESSIS (Carpentras 1725- Versailles 1802) Portrait of Louis Dussieux Canvas 94 x 77 cm Provenance : Ch. Sedelmeyer Collection, 1st sale in Paris, May 16, 1907, catalog no. 194 ( reproduced) Reproduced: J.S Duplessis, peintre du roi, by Jules Belleudy, pages 128 and 321 Collection Ed. Allez ; Anonymous sale, Paris, Palais Galliera, December 6, 1962, no. 5bis, reproduced; Anonymous sale, Paris, Hôtel Drouot, December 7, 1964, no. 69, reproduced. Bibliography: J. Belleudy, J.-S. Duplessis, peintre du roi, Chartres, 1913, p. 128 and p. 321, n°55; J.-P. Chabaud, Joseph-Siffred Duplessis, Mazan, 2003, p.123, reproduced. Louis Dussieux (1744 - 1805) was a French writer, historian, journalist, translator and agronomist. In 1777, he helped found the Journal de Paris, of which he was also one of the editors. In 1795, he was elected to the Conseil des Anciens du département d'Eure et Loir. He also contributed to the Collection universelle des mémoires particuliers relatifs à l'histoire de France, enriching the historical works of his time.