LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

23.86 in. (60.60 cm.) (height) by 19.65 in. (49.90 cm.) (width)

Description:

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Literature:

M. Sandoz, . Jean-Baptiste Deshays, Paris 1977, pp. 96, 108, 155, cat. nos. 104A and 205;. A. Bancel, . Jean-Baptiste Deshays, Paris 2008, pp. 45, 165-66, cat. no. P.139, reproduced pp. 44, 166;. N. Yeide, . Beyond the Dreams of Avarice: The Hermann Goering Collection, Dallas 2009, no. A1045, reproduced p. 152

Provenance:

P-A. Baudouin;. His estate sale, Paris, P. Rémy, 15 February 1770, lot 27;. Where acquired by Tassart;. Possibly M. Le Roy de Senneville;. Possibly by whom sold, Paris, A.J. Paillet, 26 April 1784, lot 15;. Mme. Basan;. By whom sold anonymously ("Madame B**"), Paris, Paillet, 4 April 1791, lot 25;. Georges Wildenstein, Paris (as Boucher);. Confiscated from the above by the Einsatzstab Reichleiter Rosenberg (ERR), August 2, 1940 (as Boucher);. Taken by Hermann Göring (inv. RM 1036) and moved from Schloss Veldenstein to Berchstegaden (inv. 2094, as Boucher);. Munich Central Collection Point, (inv. 7144), August 6, 1945 (as Boucher);. Repatriated to the French government, April 4, 1946, and restituted to Wildenstein April 1949 (as Boucher);. Elizabeth Hawes;. By whose estate sold, New York, Christie's, 18 May 1994, lot 83;. With Galerie Cailleux, Paris;. By whom sold, New York, Christie's, 23 October 1998, lot 91;. There acquired by the present collector