Jean-Pierre Saint-Ours (Geneva, 1752-Geneva, 1809)
The Coronation of the Winner, 1807
Oil on panel.
27.5 x 45.5 cm (framed: 41 x 57 cm)
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Swiss artist Jean-Pierre Saint-Ours (Geneva, 1752-Geneva, 1809) realized this sketch as a preparatory painting for the Coronation of the winner (collection des Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève, HUG). Mounted in a...
Swiss artist Jean-Pierre Saint-Ours (Geneva, 1752-Geneva, 1809) realized this sketch as a preparatory painting for the Coronation of the winner (collection des Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève, HUG). Mounted in a late 18th century or early 19th century beautiful frame that was adjusted to match the painting's size, the present panel is published in Jean-Pierre Saint-Ours' Catalogue raisonné and dated from 1807. This artwork is one of the very last paintings made by the artist, who died two years after. Thanks to a lithography of the present sketch made by Jules Hébert now in the Musée d'art et d'histoire de Genève, we know that the painting was in the collection of John Revilliod (director of the Banque du commerce, Geneva) in 1860.
Provenance
Geneva, painted by Jean-Pierre Saint-Ours in 1807 as a preparatory sketch for the Coronation of the winner now held in the Collection des Hôpitaux Universitaire des Genève (HUG);Geneva, family of the artist;
Geneva, Société des Amis des Beaux-Arts.
Geneva, collection of John Revilliod, in 1860.
Florence, collection of the earl Della Gherardesca.
Oxford, Coombe Wood and Cuddesdon, private collection (M. Scovil ?), in 1983.
London, Bonhams, October 25, 2017, lot 253 (as a preparatory sketch for the Olympic games now in the Musée d’art et d’histoire de Genève);
London, Gallery Rafael Valls (presented at TEFAF 2019 as a preparatory sketch for the Olympic games now in the Musée d’art et d’histoire de Genève, then consigned to the following);
London, Sotheby’s, December 16, 2021, lot 358 (as a preparatory sketch for the Olympic games now in the Musée d’art et d’histoire de Genève);
Switzerland, private collection.
Exhibitions
Exhibited at:Geneva, Classe des beaux-arts, Société des Arts, 9 rue des Chanoines, Exposition des œuvres du peintre Saint-Ours, n° 1, May 1862.
Literature
Published in:Mémorial des séances du conseil municipal de la ville de Genève, Geneva, 18, 1861, p. 313.
Compte rendu de l’administration municipale de la ville de Genève pendant l’année 1861 présenté par le Conseil Municipal au Conseil Administratif, Geneva, 1862, p. 54.
Exposition des œuvres du peintre St-Ours par la Classe des beaux-arts au local de la Société des arts, rue des Chanoines 9, Genève, mai 1862, exhibition catalogue, Geneva, 1862, n°1.
D. Buyssens, Peintures et pastels de l’ancienne école genevoise XVIIe-début XIXe siècles, Geneva, 1988, p. 150.
A. de Herdt, Jean-Pierre Saint-Ours 1752-1809. Catalogue de l’œuvre peint et des sujets dessinés mythologiques, historiques et religieux, Geneva, 2019, p. 62, 94, 320-321, n°1807-B.