LOT DETAILS
Materials:
oil on canvas, unlined
Measurements:
19.41 in. (49.30 cm.) (height) by 15.75 in. (40.00 cm.) (width)
Description:
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Markings:
the former with inventory number, identifying inscription and date '13. George Vallera[..] de DeRege Peint par son grand Pere ant Pesne'; the latter '14. Menrile De Derege agé de 8 ans Peinte par son grand Pere Pesne en 1750' (on the reverse of each respective canvas)
Exhibited:
Berlin, Königlichen Akademie der Künste, Ausstellung von Werken alter Kunst aus dem Privatbesitz der Mitglieder des Kaiser Friedrich-Museums-Vereins, May 1914, nos. 124 and 125. Berlin, Galerie Goldschmidt-Wallerstein, Antoine Pesne, 1683-1757: Ausstellung von Gemälden aus Berliner Besitz, 21 November-19 December 1926, nos. 24 and 25, ex-catalogue.
Literature:
P. Seidel, 'Selbst- und Familienbildnisse des Hofmalers Antoine Pesne', in Hohenzollern-Jahrbuch, XIII, 1909, illustrated p. 267, as 'im Besitze seiner Nachkommen'. P. du Colombier, 'Pesne', in Les Peintres français du 18e siècle, L. Dimier, ed., Brussels, 1930, nos. 206-7 p. 318. E. Berckenhagen, P. du Colombier, M. Kühn and G. Poensgen, Antoine Pesne, Berlin, 1958, p. 170, nos. 264a and 265, as 'um 1743'.
Provenance:
The artist's family, and by descent. Baron Dr. Lothar R. von Berks, by 1909; Lepke, Berlin, 22 March 1910, lots 105 and 106, 'Die Enkelkinder des Künstlers', illustrated, pl. 26. Paul von Schwabach, Berlin and Gut Kerzendorf (1867-1938), by 1930, and by descent; Spoliated from Gut Kerzendorf. with Matthiesen, Ltd., London, from whom acquired in 1956 by the late. Lord and Lady Iliffe, Basildon Park, Berkshire.