Marie-Gabrielle CAPET (Lyon, 1761 - Paris, 1818) Portrait of the clockmaker and astronomer Antide Janvier (1751-1835) Oil on canvas Portrait of Antide Janvier (1751-1835), oil on canvas, by M.-G. Capet 24.01 x 19.48 in. 61 x 49.5 cm Provenance: Anonymous sale; Paris, Pescheteau-Badin, Godeau et Leroy, 14 December 2000, n°206 ; Private collection, Ile-de-France Bibliography: Marie-Gabrielle Capet (1761-1818), Une virtuose de la miniature, cat. exhibition, Musée des beaux-arts de Caen, 14 June - 21 September 2014, cited p. 19 and p. 25 (note 71) Our portrait was painted during the Directoire period. After 1795, Mademoiselle Capet and Madame Labille "ci-devant Guiard" returned to Paris and had to win back a clientele. With the help of accommodation in the Louvre, artists, scholars and lawyers were more consensual and less politically-motivated than their clients of the 1780s. As is often the case, the artist painted a large portrait of his model (here in oil) and a miniature. The latter portrait (fig. 1) belonged to the Clore collection and was presented at public auction in 19861. 1 - The Clore Collection of portrait miniatures (Part I), London, Sotheby's, 17 March 1986, Marie-Gabrielle Capet, Portrait d'un cartographe, diameter 8.5 cm, sold for £50,600, a record at the time for a French miniature. Marie-Gabrielle CAPET (Lyon, 1761 - Paris, 1818) 61 x 49.5 cm