Lot 152
Lot 152
LOUIS AUBERT (PARIS 1720-1785)

L'élève rêveur ; L'élève discipliné

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EUR 10,000 - EUR 15,000
Closed: 16 Jun 2023
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LOUIS AUBERT (PARIS 1720-1785)

L'élève rêveur ; L'élève discipliné

Closed: 16 Jun 2023
Closed: 16 Jun 2023
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LOUIS AUBERT (PARIS 1720-1785)
L'élève rêveur ; L'élève discipliné
huile sur toile, une paire
40,5 x 32,6 cm. (151516 x 121316 in.) (chaque)
Provenance
Vente anonyme, Sotheby's, New York, 5 juin 2008, lot 107.
Collection particulière européenne.
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LOUIS AUBERT, THE MISBEHAVED STUDENT; THE DISCIPLINED STUDENT, OIL ON CANVAS, A PAIR

This charming pair of paintings depicts two young boys of contrasting character. The first, looking up to the sky, holds a air-gun in his hands, he is neglecting his schoolwork, preferring to crumple up the paper in his textbooks to load his toy with ammunition. In contrast to the insouciant attitude of the first child, the second pupil has chosen reason; determined to learn rather than play, he breaks his gun, his well-wrapped books lying beside him.

This type of representation is fully in keeping with the genre painting of the second half of the 18th century in France, a period marked by numerous publications dedicated to educational research, proposing various educational theories, such as the Émile ou De l'éducation (1762) by Jean-Baptiste Rousseau (1671-1741).
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