LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

69.49 in. (176.50 cm.) (height) by 38.50 in. (97.80 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed Vély. and dated 1873 (lower left)

Exhibited:

Paris, . Salon des Artistes Français , 1873

Literature:

Edward Strahan, ed., . The Art Treasures of America , Philadelphia, [1879-1882], facsimile edition, 1977, vol. I, p. 14

Provenance:

Probably, Goupil & Cie, Paris . Probably, Knoedler & Co., New York, no. 1940 (acquired from the above, August 1879) . Probably, Harriet Walton Gilson Reed, Erie, Pennsylvania (acquired from the above, December 1879) . Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. (by 1880 until at least 1897