Workshop of Jean-François LEGILLON Jean-François (Bruges 1739 - Paris 1797) "A ruined barn illuminated by the sun. Interior of the stables of Maecenas at Tivoli". Oil on panel. Two horizontal boards. On the reverse, a study of a nun in grisaille. 43 x 53 cm. Cracks, small dents and reinforcement on reverse; minor restorations. Reprise du Morceau de réception de Jean-François Legillon à l'Académie en 1789, (Toile ; 52,5 x 69 cm) exhibited at the Salon of the same year and now in the Musée du Louvre. (Cf. Catalogue illustré des Peintures. Ecole Française XVIIe et XVIIIe siècle II. M - Z, Pierre Rosenberg, Nicole Reynaud, Isabelle Compin ; n° 465 bis, pp. 254 & 255 - RMN 1974). Expert : Patrice Dubois.