LOT DETAILS
Materials:
Watercolour and bodycolour on ivory, gilt-metal frame with blue enamel border
Measurements:
34.25 in. (87.00 cm.) (height) by 29.92 in. (76.00 cm.) (width)
Condition:
There are one of two dark flecks on surface but overall the condition is very good. The blue enamel border and ineffectually restored. "This lot is offered for sale subject to Sotheby's Conditions of Business, which are available on request and printed in Sotheby's sale catalogues. The independent reports contained in this document are provided for prospective bidders' information only and without warranty by Sotheby's or the Seller."
Literature:
Lundberg, 1957, vol. I, p. 297, vol. II, p. 106, note 615, illust.;;
Friesen (ed.), 2001, p. 421, no. 275;;
Hofstetter, 2015, p. 332
Provenance:
By descent until;; <br>Louise-Charlotte Roslin, née Langlumé de Courtil (1811-1890);; <br>her executor's sale, Ecouen, Maître Quériot, 8 June 1890, lot 13;; <br>sale, London, Christie's, 15 October 1996, lot 202