[BARRY, comte Jean-Baptiste du] - Lot 87

[BARRY, comte Jean-Baptiste du] Catalog de tableaux originaux des bons maîtres des trois écoles Figures & Bustes de Marbre & de Bronze ; Porcelaine & autres objets curieux qui composent le Cabinet de M. L[e] C[omte] D[u Barry] Paris, Pierre Rémy et P. Le Brun, 1774 THE MONEY OF SCANDAL, TRANSFORMED INTO PAINTINGS. ORIGINAL EDITION In-8 (170 x 100 mm) ANNOTATIONS: prices in ink in the margins, with a total of 137,000 livres at the end. BINDING CIRCA 1840. Speckled calf PROVENANCE: Louis de La Forest, comte d'Armaillé (1823-1882; armorial bookplate) -- by descent, his daughter Pauline de Broglie then his granddaughter Albertine wife of Pierre Louis François de Luppé, marquis de La Grange et de Beaurepaire (1866-1934, chartist; Paris, November 18, 2015, no. 19) Jean-Baptiste du Barry (1723-1794) was the first lover of Jeanne Bécu, who became Countess du Barry by marrying her brother, Guillaume du Barry. He was able to make substantial profits from the royal mistress, enabling him to assemble one of the finest art collections of the 18th century. The collection was sold by his son, Viscount Adolphe du Barry. The Musée du Petit Palais owns a copy illustrated with original drawings by Gabriel de Saint-Aubin. The Getty website links to the INHA library. BIBLIOGRAPHY : missing from the Getty Library