LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

31.85 in. (80.90 cm.) (height) by 23.82 in. (60.50 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed lower left: Lopez ft

Literature:

Undated manuscript inventory of the paintings belonging to the Duchesse de Berry, p. 79, nos. 87, 89 and 156; I. Tamisier-Vétrois, 'L'ameublement de la Duchesse de Berry au Palais des Tuileries', inthe exhibiton catalogue Entre Cour et Jardin. Marie-Caroline, Duchesse de Berry, Musée de l'Ile-de-France, Sceaux 2007, p. 27, fig. 6.

Provenance:

Presumably commissioned or acquired from the artist by Caroline, Duchesse de Berry (1798-1870), sister-in-law of the sitter; Thence by direct family descent to the present owners.