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Ary SCHEFFER (Dordrecht 1795 - Argenteuil 1858) Clement XIV signing on July 21, 1773 the brief that extinguished the Society of Jesus Original canvas and stretcher (Ange Ottoz et Michel, 2 rue de la Michodière Paris) Signed lower left: "A. Scheffer". 27 x 36 cm Provenance: Henri Latouche Collection. Bibliography : F. Ségu, Henri de Latouche et son intervention dans les arts, Paris, 1931, p. 109 ; M. Kolb, Ary Scheffer et son temps 1795-1858, Paris, 1937, quoted p. 196 under note 4 and p. 472 ("In Latouche's cabinet in Aulnay were four paintings by Scheffer engraved by Jazet, whose subjects were taken from the Correspondence of Clement XIV and Carlo Bertinazzi. The painter had made this present to his friend"); L. Ewals, Ary Scheffer, his life and work, Nijmegen, 1987, reproduced fig. 36. Our painting is known by an aquatint engraving by Jazet. It dates from 1827 and was given by Ary Scheffer to his friend Henri de Latouche, a writer, who published in 1827 an epistolary novel against the Jesuits, Correspondance de Clément XIV et Carlo Bertinazzi. Scheffer was inspired by it and created four paintings on this subject, engraved by Jazet and given to his friend.
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Ary SCHEFFER (Dordrecht 1795 - Argenteuil 1858) Clement XIV signing on July 21, 1773 the brief that extinguished the Society of Jesus Original canvas and stretcher (Ange Ottoz et Michel, 2 rue de la Michodière Paris) Signed lower left: "A. Scheffer". 27 x 36 cm Provenance: Henri Latouche Collection. Bibliography : F. Ségu, Henri de Latouche et son intervention dans les arts, Paris, 1931, p. 109 ; M. Kolb, Ary Scheffer et son temps 1795-1858, Paris, 1937, quoted p. 196 under note 4 and p. 472 ("In Latouche's cabinet in Aulnay were four paintings by Scheffer engraved by Jazet, whose subjects were taken from the Correspondence of Clement XIV and Carlo Bertinazzi. The painter had made this present to his friend"); L. Ewals, Ary Scheffer, his life and work, Nijmegen, 1987, reproduced fig. 36. Our painting is known by an aquatint engraving by Jazet. It dates from 1827 and was given by Ary Scheffer to his friend Henri de Latouche, a writer, who published in 1827 an epistolary novel against the Jesuits, Correspondance de Clément XIV et Carlo Bertinazzi. Scheffer was inspired by it and created four paintings on this subject, engraved by Jazet and given to his friend.
