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Pierre Rémy

Also known as: Pierre Rémy; primary name: Rémy, Pierre
Details: individual; dealer/auction house; French; Male
Life dates: 1715/6-1797
Biography: Major dealer and auctioneer of works of art in Paris, starting in 1737. Took Gersaint's place after 1750 as the leading expert compiling the catalogues of celebrated collections of paintings, including those of Blondel de Gagny, Randon de Boisset, and the prince de Conti. Often recorded as buyer and dealer in his own right and adviser to leading collectors. Standing feud with Glomy. The Rembrandts in his 1749 sale went mainly to Arthur Pond, who kept some prints (ending up in Edward Astley's sale) while he sold others (Information from Nicholas Stogdon).
Bibliography: Lugt 2106; 2136; and 2173. List of Rémy auction catalogues 1755-68 printed at the end of the Gaignat catalogue of 1768. Séverine Darroussat, BSHAF 2001, pp.103-24 Patrick Michel in the Pierre Rosenberg Festschrift, Paris 2002, pp.329-336 F.Marandet, in Apollo, August 2003 N. Stogdon, 'A descriptive catalogue of the etchings by Rembrandt in a private collection, Switzerland', s.l., 2011, pp.370-371.

29 related objects

drawing

Museum number: 1972,U.673 |
Producer name: BIOG44442 After:Peter Paul Rubens |
Production date: 1620-1640

print

Museum number: 1829,0415.37 |
Producer name: BIOG43386 Print made by:Rembrandt |
Production date: 1630

print

Museum number: F,5.107 |
Producer name: BIOG43386 Print made by:Rembrandt |
Production date: 1650

print

Museum number: 1842,0806.142 |
Producer name: BIOG43386 Print made by:Rembrandt |
Production date: 1642

print

Title: L'hiver |
Museum number: 1870,0514.2364 |
Producer name: Print made by:Andrew LawrenceAfter:David Teniers the Younger |
Production date: 1744 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print

Museum number: 1843,0607.229 |
Producer name: BIOG43386 Print made by:Rembrandt |
Production date: 1651

print

Museum number: 1835,0613.1 |
Producer name: BIOG43386 Print made by:Rembrandt |
Production date: 1631

print

Title: Le jeu de quilles |
Museum number: 1870,0514.2362 |
Producer name: Print made by:Andrew LawrenceAfter:David Teniers the Younger |
Production date: 1743 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print

Museum number: F,4.69 |
Producer name: BIOG43386 Print made by:Rembrandt |
Production date: 1641

print

Museum number: F,5.5 |
Producer name: BIOG43386 Print made by:Rembrandt |
Production date: 1654

print

Museum number: F,4.103 |
Producer name: BIOG43386 Print made by:Rembrandt |
Production date: 1651

print

Museum number: F,5.6 |
Producer name: BIOG43386 Print made by:Rembrandt |
Production date: 1654

print; title-page

Museum number: 1866,0407.797 |
Producer name: After:Jean Michel Moreau le jeunePrint made by:Pierre Antoine Martini |
Production date: 1776-1777

print

Title: Le jeu de quilles |
Museum number: 1850,0713.92 |
Producer name: After:David Teniers the YoungerPrint made by:Andrew Lawrence |
Production date: 1743 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print

Title: L'hiver |
Museum number: 1931,1114.485 |
Producer name: After:David Teniers the YoungerPrint made by:Andrew Lawrence |
Production date: 1744 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print; counterproof

Museum number: F,4.83 |
Producer name: BIOG43386 Print made by:Rembrandt |
Production date: 1634

print

Museum number: 1910,0212.375 |
Producer name: BIOG43386 Print made by:Rembrandt |
Production date: 1635

print

Title: La Conversation |
Museum number: 1870,0514.2360 |
Producer name: Print made by:Andrew LawrenceAfter:David Teniers the Younger |
Production date: 1742 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print

Museum number: F,4.80 |
Producer name: BIOG43386 Print made by:Rembrandt |
Production date: 1634

print

Museum number: 1868,0822.681 |
Producer name: BIOG43386 Print made by:Rembrandt |
Production date: 1652

print

Museum number: F,5.181 |
Producer name: BIOG43386 Print made by:Rembrandt |
Production date: 1644

print

Title: L'hiver |
Museum number: 1850,0713.93 |
Producer name: After:David Teniers the YoungerPrint made by:Andrew Lawrence |
Production date: 1744 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print

Museum number: F,4.96 |
Producer name: BIOG43386 Print made by:Rembrandt |
Production date: 1654

print; counterproof

Museum number: F,4.142 |
Producer name: BIOG43386 Print made by:Rembrandt |
Production date: 1656

print

Title: La Conversation |
Museum number: 1850,0713.91 |
Producer name: After:David Teniers the YoungerPrint made by:Andrew Lawrence |
Production date: 1742 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

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