Jacques DUMONT called LE ROMAIN (Paris 1701-1781)

Jacques DUMONT known as LE ROMAIN
(Paris 1701–1781)
Preparations for the Fireworks Display Held at Piazza Navona in Rome on November 30, 1729, for the Birth of the Dauphin, Son of Louis XV, after PANINI

Circa 1732–1735

Pen and black ink, red chalk, grey wash, and white gouache on transparent paper, oiled and waxed, partially squared for transfer.

89 x 39 cm

Signed lower left Dumont le Rom. and annotated on a pedestal on the right F Panini 1731.

Provenance:

Poncelet Sale, (from Auxerre), Paris, Hôtel Drouot, March 26, 1873, no. 178 (sold for "450");

Madame de Polès Sale, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, Me Lair-Dubreuil, Expert J. Feral, June 22–24, 1927, lot 8, illustrated (sold for “30,000 fr.”), bought back by Madame de Polès;

Sale from the estate of Madame de Polès, Galerie Charpentier, Me Étienne Ader, November 17–18, 1936, lot 5 bis;

Private collection, France.

Related works:

Giovanni Paolo Panini, Preparations for the Fireworks Display Held at Piazza Navona in Rome on November 30, 1729, for the Birth of the Dauphin, Son of Louis XV, oil on canvas, 1729, 107 x 248 cm, INV 415, Louvre Museum, Paris;

Replica, oil on canvas, 109 x 246 cm, signed and dated “I.P. Panini 1731,” National Gallery of Dublin;

Charles Nicolas Cochin, Preparations for the Fireworks Display Held at Piazza Navona in Rome on November 30, 1729, for the Birth of the Dauphin, Son of Louis XV, engraving, 48.3 x 92.3 cm, dated 1735, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Department of Prints and Photography, Vb5 (1737), (Rome, 6th district).

Bibliography:
Charles Antoine Jombert, Catalogue de l’œuvre de Ch. Nic. Cochin Fils, Paris, Prault Printing House, no. 24, pages 10–11.