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LA NEUVILLE, Jean Louis (1748-1826) French School. "PORTRAIT DU CONVENTIONNEL, RUAMPS DE SURGERES, DEPUTEDE LA CHARANTE INFERIEURE" Oil: 25-1/2" 21-1/2" Signed lower right: "La Neuville, élève de David, 1792". Collections: Chéramy. M. Lévesque. Exhibited: "Exposition David et ses Eleves", Palais des Beaux-Arts, April 7 - June 9, 1915, page 52, No. 194. "Twentieth Anniversary Exhibition - The Beginnings of Modern Painting, France, 1800-1910", Joslyn Memorial Art museum, Omaha, Oct. 4 - Nov. 4, 1951, and mentioned in catalogue. Bibliography: In the catalogue "Exposition David et ses Elèves", Palais des Beaux-Arts, April 7 - June 9, 1913, page 52, No. 194. Notes: The artist was born in Paris and was chiefly a portrait painter whose success was considerable. Amongst others, his paintings are owned by:- The Louvre: Portrait of a prelate. Musee Versailles: Robert le conventionnel, Joseph Delaunay, etc. Musee Carnavalet: Minister of the Interior, J. B. Paré. Musee de Troyes: Mme. Mad. Camus, etc. (refer also to: Dict. General des Artistes de l'école francais by Bellier de la Chavignerie; and E. Bénézit, Dictionnaire des Peintres....; and Thieme - Becker, Künstler Lex.)