François Octavien (Rome 1695-1736 Paris) Elegant figures on a seesaw; and An elegant company dancing in a wooded landscape both signed 'octavien' (lower right) a pair, oil on canvas 65.1 x 81.2cm (25 5/8 x 31 15/16in). (2) Footnotes: Provenance Charles-Auguste, duc de Morny (1811-1865) Marquis de La Valette (1849-1907) Lady Emily Fitzmaurice (1886-1939) Almarus Edward Henry Digby-Fitzmaurice (1889-1950) (all according to a label on the reverse) With Galerie Heim, Paris, 1968 Sale, Sotheby's, Paris, 24 July 2009, lot 53 (sold for 25,000 euros), where purchased by the present owner For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com