Jean-Louis DEMARNE Brussels, 1752 - Paris, 1829 Halt at the drinking trough Oil on wired panel, reinforced The Halt, oil on panel, by J. L. Demarne 40 x 55,50 cm (15,75 x 21,85 in.) Provenance: Probably sale after the death of Dr G., 27 and 28 November 1876, Paris, Hôtel Drouot, Me Lémon, no. 4; Probably sale of Monsieur le comte Daupias, Paris, Galerie Georges Petit, Me Chevallier, 16-17 May 1892, no. 34; Probably Baroness Piérard sale, Paris, Hôtel Drouot, Me Chevallier, 22 May 1897, no. 11; In the family of the current owners since at least the 1970s; Private collection, Paris Bibliography: Very probably Jacques Watelin, 'Le peintre J.-L. Demarne', Paris, 1932, p. 43, no. 15