LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

34.84 in. (88.50 cm.) (height) by 21.97 in. (55.80 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed W-BOUGUEREAU and dated 1901 (upper left)

Literature:

"William Bouguereau," Médaillons bordelais, Bordeaux, n.d., series 3, no. 65; Mark Steven Walker, "A Summary Catalogue of the Paintings," in William-Adolphe Bouguereau: L'art pompier, exh. cat., Borghi & Co., New York, 1991, p. 75; Damien Bartoli with Fred Ross, William Bouguereau, Catalogue Raisonné of his Painted Work, New York, 2010, p. 344, no. 1901/08 (with incorrect dimensions and provenance), illustrated

Provenance:

Tooth & Sons and Knoedler, New York (in February 1902, no. 9807); Anderson Art & Co., Chicago (in May 1909); Knoedler, New York (no. 11837); D. Herbert Hostetter, Pittsburgh (in November 1909); Marium Breed (by descent from the above, possibly from 1930); Thence by descent