LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

10.24 in. (26.00 cm.) (height) by 12.20 in. (31.00 cm.) (width)

Literature:

Mercure de France, April 1729, p. 752 (where described as having been engraved by Crépy);. G. Wildenstein, Lancret : biographie et catalogue critiques, l'œuvre de l'artiste reproduite en deux cent quatorze héliogravures, Paris 1924, p. 12, cat. no. 281, reproduced, fig. 71 (with an illustration an engraving of the picture).

Provenance:

Madame Salomon de Rothschild, Paris 1878;. With With P. and D. Colnaghi, New York;. From whom purchased by the present owners.