19th-century FRENCH school, after Jean-François DELYEN Portrait of Guillaume I Coustou (1677–1746), sculptor Original rectangular canvas with an oval view 52 x 32 cm Enlarged by 4.5 cm on the right and left; current dimensions 52 x 40.5 cm Previous restorations A sketchy reinterpretation of Delyen’s “Reception” painting from the Academy in November 1725 (canvas, 130 x 97 cm), held by the Louvre Museum (on loan to the Palace of Versailles).