ATTRIBUTED TO LOUIS MICHEL VAN LOO (1707-1771) PORTRAIT OF A NATURALIST HOLDING A BOOK ON THE PAGE OF THE HOOPOE Original canvas and stretcher Old restorations Att. to L.M. Van Loo, Portrait of a naturalist, original canvas and stretcher, with restorations 72,5 x 58 CM - 28,5 x 22,8 IN. Provenance Probably from the collection of Jean-Baptiste Langlet, Mayor of Reims from 1908 to 1919; Probably acquired by Mr René Civet after his death in 1927; Anonymous sale, Paris, Artcurial, 14 November 2017, No. 508 (French school circa 1780).