Jean-Jacques Le Barbier (1738-1826) Children playing with a Satyr

Jean-Jacques Le Barbier, known as l'Ainé (Rouen 1738 - Paris 1826)
"Children playing with a satyr"
Oil painting on walnut panel
Monogrammed L.B. lower left
18th century Around 1770-1780
Dimensions unframed: 27 x 21.2 cm
Dimensions framed: 42.5 x 37 cm

Very fine early Louis XVI period carved and gilt oak frame (former Georges Bac collection)

Listed in the catalogue raisonné of the artist's painted works, under number 16

Provenance:
Former collection of André, Count Ciechanowiecki (1924-2015), aristocrat of Polish origin, art dealer in London, art historian and collector of fine art.
Exhibitions (USA)
- Albuquerque 1980, n°37.
- Charlotte-Atlanta 1994-1996, n°44 ;
- New York, 1998-1999, n°44.

Biography
Born in Rouen on 29 November 1738, he entered the Rouen School of Drawing at the age of twelve, founded by Jean-Baptiste Descamps (1706 - 1791) in 1750, which provided him with a solid technical training.
He was admitted to the Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture on 29 July 1780, and was accepted as a history painter on 28 May 1785. He regularly took part in the Salons from 1781 to 1817, exhibiting paintings and especially drawings. He was honoured with several royal commissions during the reigns of Louis XVI and Louis XVIII, as well as during the Revolution.