Donatien NONOTTE (Besançon, 1708 - Lyon, 1785) - Lot 88

Donatien NONOTTE (Besançon, 1708 - Lyon, 1785) Portrait of an alderman in Lyon Canvas Height : 81 cm. Width : 64 cm Signed and dated on the right 'Nonnotte / pinx. 1767'; inscribed on the paper 'mémoire / à / Consulter'. (Old restorations) In a Regency-style frame. Provenance :- Sale Mes Martin et Desbenoit, Versailles, November 12, 1989, lot 18 Bibliography: De Joachim Verdier à Pierre Cogell: Portraits des échevins lyonnais du XVIIIè siècle, (online on Persée)pp. 62-83, reproduced no. 13 p.84. The model painted in consular dress is not identified. He is an alderman probably in office in 1766 or 1767. In view of the inscription "manière à consulter" on a parchment held by the model, he could be Benoit Valois. could be Benoit Valous (1714-1797) a lawyer in the Lyon court, first alderman in 1765-66. Expert : Cabinet Turquin