LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

16.50 in. (41.90 cm.) (height) by 12.99 in. (33.00 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed 'L. Boilly 1820'; inscribed 'Mme Vincent amie de Boilly', stretcher

Literature:

H. Harrisse, L-L Boilly, Peintre, Dessinateur et Lithographe, Sa Vie et son Oeuvre, Paris, 1898, cat. no 838.

Provenance:

M. Kinen, Paris, by 1898; André Weil, Paris; René Fribourg, New York; By whose Executors sold ("The Rene Fribourg Collection: II"), London, Sotheby's, June 26, 1963, lot 71B to Dr. Singer for £350; Dr. J. Singer, 1963-64; Private Collection, until 1989; Anonymous sale, London, Christie's, December 8, 1989, lot 78.