LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

37.01 in. (94.00 cm.) (height) by 25.51 in. (64.80 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed 'F Ittenbach.' (lower left)

Literature:

H. Finke, Der Madonnenmaler Franz Ittenbach, 1813-1879, Cologne, 1898, p. 72 and p. 95.

Provenance:

Commissioned from the artist by M Knoedler & Co, New York, 1874. R. Moor Esq., Bucklesbury Hitchin. His sale; Christie's, London, 23 February 1878, lot 128. Acquired at the above by Mr Lloyd for £62.2. Received as a gift by the mother of the present owner, circa 1940's. And thence by descent.