26. Joseph-Victor Ranvier (Lyon 1832-1896 Châtillon-sous-Bagneux) Blowing Bubbles signé 'J. Ranvier' (en bas à droite) huile sur toile signed 'J. Ranvier' (lower right) oil on canvas 79 x 59cm (31 1/8 x 23 1/4in). Provenance Anon. sale, Woolley & Wallis, Salisbury, 9 December 2015 lot 430 Pisa, PQV Fine Art Consulting srl (accordining to the provenance in the Literature) Private Collection, Europe Exhibited Perugia, Galleria Nazionale dell'Umbria, Bolle di sapone. Forme dell'utopia tra vanitas, arte e scienza, 16 March-9 June 2019 Literature Carla Scagliosi in M. Emmer, M. Pierini, Bolle di sapone. Forme dell'utopia tra vanitas, arte e scienza, Perugia, 2019, p. 160, n. 24, ill. p. 90 A painter of history and mythological compositions, allegorical subjects and genre scenes, Ranvier trained at the studio of Irénée Richard and Jean Louis Janmot, beginning to exhibite at the Paris Salon in 1859. From Janmot, himself a pupil of Ingres, the artist inherited an interest in painting in line with classicism and the tradition of the great masters, but was also capable of renewal in content and style.