LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on panel

Measurements:

19.29 in. (49.00 cm.) (height) by 12.20 in. (31.00 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed 'De Nittis' (lower right)

Literature:

M. Pittaluga - E.Piceni, De Nittis, Milano, 1963, no. 325 (illustrated). P. Dini, G. L. Marini, De Nittis. La vita, i documenti, le opere dipinte, Turin, 1990, vol. I, p. 394 no. 469 (illustrated vol. II, no 469). R. Monti, Giuseppe de Nittis: Dipinti 1864 - 1884, exh. cat, Milan, Palazzo della Permanente, and Bari, Pinacoteca Provinciale, 11 April - 29 September 1990, p. 52, fig. 32.

Provenance:

Bertollo collection, Milan. Their sale; Galleria Scopinich S.A., Milan, 1928, no. 13. Piero dello Strologo, Milan. And thence by descent to the present owner.