Portrait of a Woman with a Corsage of Blue Flowers - a provenance gap?

Paul Cailleux also known as Paul de Cayeux and the Marquis de Cayeux, was the president of the French art dealers association. In 1946 his name appears on the Art Looting Investigation Unit's Red Flag list of names with the following mention:

Cailleux, Paul. Paris, 136 rue du Fbg St Honore. Dealer in contact with Rochlitz, Wuester, Frau Dietrich, Haberstock. Knew Lohse, who claims to have freed his wife from a concentration camp. Authority on 18th century French art. President of the Art Dealers Association, Paris.

The name "Cailleux" appears in the ownership history of numerous artworks, some of which have gaps or uncertainties in the provenance between 1933-1945.

Here are a few examples from the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston (not currently on view).

Portrait of a Woman with a Corsage of Blue Flowers

Jean Baptiste Perronneau (French, 1715–1783)

DIMENSIONS: 42.5 x 52.1 cm (16 3/4 x 20 1/2 in.)

ACCESSION NUMBER: 65.2665

MEDIUM OR TECHNIQUE: Pastel on paper

NOT ON VIEW

COLLECTIONS: Europe, Prints and Drawings

CLASSIFICATIONS:Pastels

Signed

Upper right: Perronneau

Provenance

By 1935, Galerie Paul Cailleux, Paris; May 8, 1935, sold by Cailleux to Forsyth Wickes (b. 1876 - d. 1964), New York, Newport, RI, and Boston; 1965, bequest of Forsyth Wickes to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 8, 1969)

Credit Line

Bequest of Forsyth Wickes—The Forsyth Wickes Collection

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Portrait of a Boy

late 18th century
Follower of Joseph Ducreux (French, 1735–1802)

DIMENSIONS: 54.6 x 45.6 cm (21 1/2 x 17 15/16 in.)

ACCESSION NUMBER: 65.2641

MEDIUM OR TECHNIQUE: Oil on canvas

NOT ON VIEW

COLLECTIONS: Europe

CLASSIFICATIONS: Paintings

Provenance

1936, Galerie Paul Cailleux, Paris; May 8, 1936, sold by Cailleux to Forsyth Wickes, (b. 1876 - d. 1964), New York and Newport, RI; 1965, bequest of Forsyth Wickes to the MFA. (Accession date: January 8, 1969)

Credit Line

Bequest of Forsyth Wickes—The Forsyth Wickes Collection

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Louis XV as a Young Man

Rosalba Giovanna Carriera (Italian (Venetian), 1675–1757)

DIMENSIONS: 45.7 x 35.6 cm (18 x 14 in.)

ACCESSION NUMBER: 65.2655

MEDIUM OR TECHNIQUE: Pastel on paper

NOT ON VIEW

COLLECTIONS: Europe, Prints and Drawings

CLASSIFICATIONS: Pastels

Provenance

1937, Galerie Paul Cailleux, Paris; September 22, 1937, sold by Cailleux to Forsyth Wickes (b. 1876 - d. 1964), New York, Newport, RI, and Boston [see note 1]; 1965, bequest of Forsyth Wickes to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 8, 1969)

NOTES:
[1] Letter from Marianne Roland Michel of the Galerie Paul Cailleux to Eric M. Zafran of the MFA (February 19, 1990), in the MFA curatorial file.

Credit Line

Bequest of Forsyth Wickes—The Forsyth Wickes Collection

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Presumed Portrait of Mademoiselle Duthé with Her Harp

Mademoiselle Duthé with her Harp

undated
Jacques Antoine Marie Lemoine (French, 1751–1824)

DIMENSIONS: Framed: (Round) 73.7 x 59.7 x 5.1 cm (29 x 23 1/2 x 2 in.) Overall: 52.6 x 42.9cm (20 11/16 x 16 7/8in.)

ACCESSION NUMBER: 65.2583

MEDIUM OR TECHNIQUE: Chalk and colored washes

NOT ON VIEW

COLLECTIONS: Europe, Prints and Drawings

CLASSIFICATIONS: Drawings

Inscription

Information on back of frame

Provenance

Cailleux, Paris; October 8, 1935, purchased by Forsyth Wickes (b.1876-d.1964), New York and Newport, RI; 1965, bequest of Forsyth Wickes to the MFA.

Credit Line

Bequest of Forsyth Wickes—The Forsyth Wickes Collection

THIS ITEM IS NOT ON NEPIP WITH THIS ACCESSION NUMBER

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Landscape with Caryatids

Landscape with Three Peasants Chatting
The Caryatids

Hubert Robert (French, 1733–1808)

DIMENSIONS: Framed: 46 x 54 x 5.1 cm (18 1/8 x 21 1/4 x 2 in.) Other: 28.5 x 36.4 cm (11 1/4 x 14 5/16 in.)

ACCESSION NUMBER: 65.2542

MEDIUM OR TECHNIQUE: Red chalk

NOT ON VIEW

COLLECTIONS: Europe, Prints and Drawings

CLASSIFICATIONS: Drawings

Provenance

Galerie Cailleux, Paris; May 8, 1936, purchased by Forsyth Wickes (b.1876-d.1964), New York and Newport, RI; 1965, bequest of Forsyth WIckes to the MFA.

Credit Line

Bequest of Forsyth Wickes—The Forsyth Wickes Collection

THIS ITEM IS NOT ON NEPIP WITH THIS ACCESSION NUMBER

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Portrait of Two Boys (said to be the Autichamp Brothers)

Attributed to Joseph Boze (French, 1744–1826)

DIMENSIONS

72.4 x 58.4 cm (28 1/2 x 23 in.)

ACCESSION NUMBER

65.2636

MEDIUM OR TECHNIQUE

Oil on canvas

ON VIEW

Ann and William Elfers Gallery (Gallery 245)

COLLECTIONS

Europe

CLASSIFICATIONS

Paintings

Boze’s sweetly rendered portraits, usually executed in an oval format, were popular among wealthy patrons and members of the French court. But the painter—who was not an academically trained artist—found less success at the Salon, the official exhibition of Paris’s Académie des Beaux Arts; he exhibited there only once, in 1791. The children in this double‑portrait are traditionally identified as the Autichamp brothers, and most likely belonged to a Royalist family. (The older boy, Charles, later became a count.) Like other artists who aligned themselves with France’s upper class, Boze was forced to go into exile during the most violent period of the French Revolution.

Provenance

Château du Blésois. July 23, 1930, anonymous sale, Hôtel des Ventes, Orléans, France [see note 1]. Probably 1930, sold by Cailleux, Paris to Forsyth Wickes (b. 1876- d. 1964), New York and Newport, RI [see note 2]; 1965, bequest of Forsyth Wickes to the MFA (Accession date: January 8, 1969)

NOTES:
[1] See Beaux-Arts, August, 1930, p 9. It sold as "Portrait d'un cadet et son jeune frère" by Greuze for 146,000 fr.

[2] According to Marianne Roland Michel of Cailleux (letter Feb 19, 1990) this painting was sold to Forsyth Wickes on March 10, 1930. However, Wickes must have purchased it on a date after the Orleans sale. The exact date on which Cailleux sold it to Wickes is unknown.

Credit Line

Bequest of Forsyth Wickes—The Forsyth Wickes Collection

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François Armand de Gontaut, Duc de Biron

1714
Nicolas de Largillierre (French, 1656–1746)

DIMENSIONS:138.8 x 106.7 cm (54 5/8 x 42 in.)

ACCESSION NUMBER:1981.283

MEDIUM OR TECHNIQUE:Oil on canvas

NOT ON VIEW:

COLLECTIONS: Europe

CLASSIFICATIONS: Paintings

Largilliere’s sensuous delight in colors and textures transformed a solemn and formal type of seventeenth-century portrait into the new Rococo style...

Signed

Reverse of original canvas: Peint par N. de Largillierre / 1714

Provenance

Possibly by descent from the sitter to the Marquis of Sourches (?) [see note 1]. By 1922, duc des Cars, Paris. By 1935, Galerie Paul Cailleux, Paris. Albert Buisson (b. 1881 - d. 1961), Paris; by descent within the family; February 8, 1981, Buisson descendants sale (?), Sotheby's, Monaco, lot 73, not sold. 1981, Galerie Paul Cailleux, Paris; 1981, sold by Cailleux to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 16, 1981)

NOTES:
[1] Charlotte de Gontaut-Biron (b. 1711 - d. 1740), sister of the sitter, married Louis du Bouchet (b. 1711 - d. 1787 [?]), Marquis de Sourches, in 1730.

Credit Line

Juliana Cheney Edwards Collection

LINK TO THE NAZI ERA PROVENANCE INTERNET PORTAL (NEPIP) for FRANCOIS ARMAND DE CONTAUT

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More information about Paul de Cayeux and the history of the Galerie Cailleux

(source: Fondation Marianne et Roland Michel)

Paul de Cayeux founded the Galerie Cailleux in 1912.
His son, Jean de Cayeux worked in the Galerie Cailleux as did his grandaughter, the art historian Marianne Roland Michel (née Marianne de Cayeux).

References for Cailleux in the France's BNF

Paul Cailleux (1884-1964)

Pays :	France
Langue :	français
Sexe :	masculin
Naissance :	1884
Mort :	1964
Note :	Marchand et collectionneur, spécialisé dans l'art français du 18e siècle. - A réuni une importante collection de terres cuites
Domaines :	Histoire de la France
Autres formes du nom :	Paul de Cayeux de Senarpont (1884-1964) Marquis de Cayeux de Senarpont (1884-1964) Paul de Cayeux de Senarpont (1884-1964)
ISNI :	ISNI 0000 0000 5292 6762

References for Cailleux in GETTY ULAN


1.			Cailleux, Achille-Alexandre-Alphonse de Cailloux de
			(French museum curator, 1788-1876) [500057069] (Persons, Artists) Achille-Alexandre-Alphonse de Cailleux Cailleux, Achille-Alexandre Alphonse de Cailleux, Alph. de Cailleux, Alphonse de Cailloux de Cailleux, Achille-Alexandre-Alphonse de De Cailleux, Achille-Alexandre-Alphonse de Cailloux De Cailleux, Alphonse De Cailloux de Cailleux, Achille-Alexandre-Alphonse
2.			Collection Cailleux
			(French repository, Paris, contemporary) [500309983] (Corporate Bodies)
3.			Galerie Cailleux
			(French repository, Paris, contemporary) [500310166] (Corporate Bodies)
4.			Galerie Cailleux
			(French owner, fl. 1953) [500445138] (Unidentified Named People and Firms, ) Cailleux M. Cailleux

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Collection Cailleux (French repository, Paris, contemporary)

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........................................	Grove Dictionary of Art online (1999-2002)

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Galerie Cailleux (French owner, fl. 1953)

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	Galerie Cailleux (preferred,U,display)
	Cailleux (LU,U)
	M. Cailleux (LU,U)

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	French (preferred)

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	owner (preferred)

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Paris (Île-de-France, France) (inhabited place)

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Cailleux ........	[PROV]
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Galerie Cailleux ........	[PROV Preferred]
..................................	Provenance Index Databases, Authority file (1985-)

M. Cailleux ........	[PROV]
........................	Provenance Index Databases, Authority file (1985-)

Subject: ........	[PROV]
....................	Feliciano, Hector. "The Lost Museum: The Nazi Conspiracy to Steal the World's Greatest Works of Art", 1998, pg. 134

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Jun 1, 2018

Provenance Research: Paul Cailleux in NEPIP

DIMENSIONS: 42.5 x 52.1 cm (16 3/4 x 20 1/2 in.)

ACCESSION NUMBER: 65.2665

MEDIUM OR TECHNIQUE: Pastel on paper

NOT ON VIEW

COLLECTIONS: Europe, Prints and Drawings

CLASSIFICATIONS:Pastels

Signed

Provenance

Credit Line

DIMENSIONS: 54.6 x 45.6 cm (21 1/2 x 17 15/16 in.)

ACCESSION NUMBER: 65.2641

MEDIUM OR TECHNIQUE: Oil on canvas

NOT ON VIEW

COLLECTIONS: Europe

CLASSIFICATIONS: Paintings

Provenance

Credit Line

DIMENSIONS: 45.7 x 35.6 cm (18 x 14 in.)

ACCESSION NUMBER: 65.2655

MEDIUM OR TECHNIQUE: Pastel on paper

NOT ON VIEW

COLLECTIONS: Europe, Prints and Drawings

CLASSIFICATIONS: Pastels

Provenance

Credit Line

Mademoiselle Duthé with her Harp

DIMENSIONS: Framed: (Round) 73.7 x 59.7 x 5.1 cm (29 x 23 1/2 x 2 in.) Overall: 52.6 x 42.9cm (20 11/16 x 16 7/8in.)

ACCESSION NUMBER: 65.2583

MEDIUM OR TECHNIQUE: Chalk and colored washes

NOT ON VIEW

COLLECTIONS: Europe, Prints and Drawings

CLASSIFICATIONS: Drawings

Inscription

Provenance

Credit Line

Landscape with Three Peasants Chatting The Caryatids

DIMENSIONS: Framed: 46 x 54 x 5.1 cm (18 1/8 x 21 1/4 x 2 in.) Other: 28.5 x 36.4 cm (11 1/4 x 14 5/16 in.)

ACCESSION NUMBER: 65.2542

MEDIUM OR TECHNIQUE: Red chalk

NOT ON VIEW

COLLECTIONS: Europe, Prints and Drawings

CLASSIFICATIONS: Drawings

Provenance

Credit Line

DIMENSIONS

ACCESSION NUMBER

MEDIUM OR TECHNIQUE

ON VIEW

COLLECTIONS

CLASSIFICATIONS

Provenance

Credit Line

DIMENSIONS:138.8 x 106.7 cm (54 5/8 x 42 in.)

ACCESSION NUMBER:1981.283

MEDIUM OR TECHNIQUE:Oil on canvas

NOT ON VIEW:

COLLECTIONS: Europe

CLASSIFICATIONS: Paintings

Signed

Provenance

Credit Line

More information about Paul de Cayeux and the history of the Galerie Cailleux

References for Cailleux in the France's BNF

Paul Cailleux (1884-1964)

References for Cailleux in GETTY ULAN

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Landscape with Three Peasants Chatting
The Caryatids