The Feast in the House of Simon

1738

Pierre-Hubert Subleyras

Associated Names
Pierre-Hubert Subleyras

Artist, French, 1699 - 1749

This is a drawing of a banquet with many people gathered around a long dining table. The scene shows individuals in an ornate indoor setting with architectural features, such as columns and wall decorations. Various food items and objects are displayed on the table, while people are seen engaging in activities like serving food, talking, and attending to tasks.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 33 × 60.2 cm (13 × 23 11/16 in.), cut to platemark

  • Accession Number

    2015.193.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Dimier 1928, no. 5, State i/v

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

François Heugel [1922-2010], Paris (Lugt 3373); (Eric Gillis Fine Art); purchased 2015 by NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1928

  • Dimier, Louis. Les peintres français du XVIIIe siècle. 2 vols. Paris, 1928-1930: 2(1930):no. 5, i/v.

1967

  • Robert-Dumesnil, A.P.F. Le peintre-graveur francais, ou catalogue raisonne des estampes gravees par les peintres et les dessinateurs de l'ecole francaise, ouvrage faisant suite au peintre-graveur de M. Bartsch. Reprint (11 vols. in 6). Paris: F. deNobe, no. 3, undesc i/v

Inscriptions

by later hand, lower verso in graphite: 1er etat d'eau forte pure, avant la lettre, et avant les travaux : sure la tête et la bras de l'homme a genoux a [not deciphered]... de S Simon, sur la tête du jeune homme qui est derriere, da celui qui est au midrin(?) des quatres derrieres et [not deciphered] / (epreuve non decrite, de la plus grande rarité et peut etre unique); by later hand, lower right verso in graphite: 12 / 101046

Wikidata ID

Q77016007

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