LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

37.80 in. (96.00 cm.) (height) by 54.33 in. (138.00 cm.) (width)

Exhibited:

The Hague, Kunstzaal Kleykamp, 1932, no. 57. Chicago, Art Institute, Treasures of Chicago Collectors, 15 April-7 May, 1961, as by Chardin.

Literature:

G. Glück, La Collection Del Monte, Vienna, 1928, p. 26, and pl. LVII, questioning the attribution to Chardin. G. Wildenstein, Chardin, Paris, 1933, p. 229, no. 965, fig. 212, rejecting the attribution to Chardin.

Provenance:

Siméon Del Monte, Brussels, by 1928; (+) Sotheby's, London, 24 June 1959, lot 39, as French School, 18th century. Mr. and Mrs. Morris I. Kaplan, Chicago; Sotheby's, London, 12 June 1968, lot 24, as attributed to J.S. Chardin.