French school circa 1780 Gentleman mandolin player Oil on canvas (Original stretcher) Bears a label '(...), squire / husband of Melle / de Jouvencel / (...)' on verso A gentleman playing mandolin, oil on canvas, French School, ca. 1780 31.5 x 25 in. 80.0 x 63.5 cm Provenance: Anonymous sale; Monaco, Hôtel des Ventes de Monte-Carlo, 8 June 2013, no. 76 (as 18th-century French school) ; Anonymous sale; Milan, Il Ponte Casa d'Aste, 26 March 2024, no. 141 (as attributed to Catherine Lusurier) Bibliography: La Gazette Drouot, no. 20, Friday 24 May 2013, p. 216, repr. French school circa 1780 80.0 x 63.5 cm