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Studio of Philippe Jacques de Loutherbourg R.A. (Strasbourg 1740-1812 London), Noah’s Sacrifice, oil on canvas, later laid on board, framed. 123cm by 99cm. Note: De Loutherbourg was a painter, stage designer and illustrator, the son of an engraver and miniaturist. He moved to Paris at the age of 15 where he trained under Carle van Loo and Giovanni Battista Casanova (brother of the famous Venetian adventurer) and painter of battle, hunting and equestrian scenes. During the 1760′s he enjoyed some success at the Paris Salon, mainly with landscapes. In 1771 he settled in London armed with an introduction to the actor-manager David Garrick for whom he became a designer of stage sets at Drury Lane. He later launched his own theatrical entertainment, the Eidophusikon. He became an R.A. in 1781 having enjoyed considerable success at Academy exhibitions. In his later work he turned increasingly to history painting including biblical subjects. This coincided with a period in London when a number of large-scale publishing ventures for illustrated books were launched. One of the most famous examples of these handsomely-printed large folio format publications was Macklin’s Bible in the 1790′s for which de Loutherbourg was commissioned to produce twenty-two paintings one of which was Noah’s Sacrifice. The subject work may have been offered at auction by Peter Coxe, Burrell and Foster at Mr. Squibb’s Great Rooms Saville (sic) Row, Monday May 5th, 1800, “A Catalogue of a Most Valuable and truly Capital Collection of Modern Paintings……the Property of Mr. Macklin…..comprising in Painting the works of ……..Loutherbourg…..” with lot 35 listed under “Copies” and described as “Loutherbourg Noah’s Sacrifice”.