LOT DETAILS

Materials:

Oil on Canvas

Measurements:

24.61 in. (62.50 cm.) (height) by 19.29 in. (49.00 cm.) (width)

Markings:

Signed A. Wertmüller and dated à Lyon 1781

Condition:

Gilded and bronzed period frame

Exhibited:

Worcester Art Museum, unknown year.

Literature:

Maj Sterner, 'Utställningar', artikel in (ed. Albin Roosval) "Svenska hem i ord och bilder", 1930, mentioned and ill. at p. 21. Gunnar W Lundberg, "Wertmüller - Peintre suédois de Marie-Antoinette - son séjour a Lyon", 1972, listed in the catalogue, no 38, p. 37, ill. pl. XIV.

Provenance:

Earlier in Carl Ulrik Palms collection, Stockholm, bought at Adolphe Lion in Paris. Fritzes Kungl Hovbokhandel, Stockholm, Sweden, 1930. Earlier in Richard Hultmarks collection, Linköping, Sweden Bukowskis Auctionhouse, 26th-27th February 1936, catalogue no 50, ill. pl. 12. Ealier in Emil Hultmarks collection, Stockholm, Sweden.