LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on paper mounted on canvas

Measurements:

11.81 in. (30.00 cm.) (height) by 13.78 in. (35.00 cm.) (width)

Exhibited:

Houston, 1973-75, no. 5 (as N.-G. Brenet). Santa Barbara, 1981, no. 4 (as N.-G. Brenet). Charlotte - Atlanta, 1994-95, no. 36 (as A. Renou). French Oil Sketches and the Academic Tradition, The American Federation of Arts, New York, October 1994 - March 1996, exhibition number 119 (label on the reverse)

Literature:

F. and de Montaiglon A., Procès verbaux de l'Académie, 1875-1892, vol. VI, p. 366. Rosenberg P., 'La donation Herbette', Revue du Louvre, 1976, no 2, p. 98, footnote 12. Sandoz M., Brenet, Paris, 1979, pp. 48-77, no. 4B (as attributed to Brenet)

Provenance:

Important French collection of 17th-19th century art. The Minneapolis Institute of Arts (label on the reverse). Private European collection