SCHALL, Jean Frédéric (Strasbourg 1752 - Paris... Lot 35

SCHALL, Jean Frédéric (Strasbourg 1752 - Paris 1825). Subjects from Genesis: "Adam and Eve and the Fall of the Rebel Angels", five canvases. 32.5 x 24.5 cm Provenance: Aimé Delarge collection, according to an old label on the back Our paintings, atypical in terms of their subjects in the artist's career, belonged to a series of twelve models given by Schall to the publisher for the illustrations of John Milton's "Paradise Lost", published by Defer de Maisonneuse in 1792 and 1793. In the book, the compositions were engraved by Alexandre L. Clément, Nicolas Colibert, Mme de Monchy and Jean-Baptiste Gauthier. Bibliography: André Girodie, "Un peintre de fêtes galantes, Jean Frédéric Schall (Strasbourg 1752- Paris 1825)", Strasbourg 1927, p.30 and p. 71, n°114-125.