LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

16.75 in. (42.55 cm.) (height) by 15.20 in. (38.61 cm.) (width)

Markings:

Signed Carolus-Durand (lr); dated Paris S[ep]t 1869 and inscribed Marie Anne Duran mois 4 1/2 along the upper register

Condition:

There is one small spot (roughly .5 x .5 cm) of restoration in the child's hair just above the center of her forehead. There are a few other touches of restoration in the background, one in the upper right corner, and two more in the upper left quadrant, below the inscription.

Provenance:

John Mitchell Fine Paintings, London Exhibited: Exposition de "Beaux-Arts" et de "La Gazette des Beaux-Arts," (Salon de 1880-1900), Paris, n.d., no. 62 (from a fragmentary label on the stretcher) Berry-Hill Galleries, New York Marie-Anne Durand, the artist's eldest daughter, was one of his favorite subjects for portraiture. In 1889, she became the wife of the comic playwright Georges Feydeau.