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Subleyras (Pierre, 1699-1749), The Visitation; and The Presentation, oils on panel * Subleyras (Pierre, 1699-1749). The Visitation, and The Presentation of the Virgin in the Temple, oil on paper laid to panel, 42 x 26 cm (15 x 9 ins), in early ornate moulded gilt frames with striated, foliate, ribbon and acanthus leaf motifs (64 x 48 cm) QTY: (2) NOTE: Provenance: Collection of Madame Krebs, Sotheby's (Catalogue of fine old master drawings and paintings, including the property of the Rt. Hon. Lord Balfour of Inchrye ... Sir Charles Cave ... the late Herman Cameron Norman ... the Hon. Mrs. Robert Bruce ... Madame Krebs and ... Major S.V. Christie-Miller), 22nd February, 1956, lot 174, where purchased by Agnew & Sons for £350 (hammer); Thomas Agnew & Sons, their label verso, with attribution to Fragonard; Collection of Sir Lawrence Gowing (1918-1991), with Agnew's 1956 invoice (included with this lot). Pierre Subleyras (1699-1749), a leading 18th century French painter who settled in Rome in 1728, where he worked for Pope Benedict XIV. He is most highly regarded for his religious pictures, which are more serious in spirit than most French works of the Rococo period.