LOT DETAILS

Materials:

pencil, watercolor and gouache on paper

Measurements:

14.45 in. (36.70 cm.) (height) by 20.71 in. (52.60 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed 'De Nittis' (lower right)

Literature:

V. Pica , Giuseppe De Nittis. L'uomo e l'artista, Milan, 1914, p. 99. E. Piceni, Giuseppe De Nittis, Milan, 1934, pl.LXXI. E. Piceni, De Nittis, Milan, 1955, p.176. M. Pittalunga e E. Piceni, De Nittis, Milan, 1963, no. 422 (illustrated). P. Dini and G.L. Marini, De Nittis: La vita, i documenti, le opere dipinte, vol. I, Turin, 1990, p. 400, no. 610 (illustrated)

Provenance:

M. Prélat, Paris. A. Sommaruga, Paris. Acquired from the above by the family of the present owner, 1928. And thence by descent.