LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on panel

Measurements:

9.49 in. (24.10 cm.) (height) by 17.36 in. (44.10 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed ALEX. CABANEL (lower left); inscribed a mon ami Emilie Pacini and signed A Cabanel (on the reverse)

Literature:

Jean Nougaret, "Catalogue sommaire de l'oeuvre peint d'Alexandre Cabanel," . Alexandre Cabanel 1823-1889: . La tradition du beau , exh. cat., Musée Fabre, Paris; Wallraf-Richartz-Museum, Cologne, 2010, p. 459, no. 172 (as location unknown

Provenance:

Émilie-Thérèse Paton, Paris (née Pacini, according to an inscription on the reverse). Léon Comerre and Jacqueline Comerre-Paton (by descent from the above, her mother) . Denise Lion-Comerre (by descent from the above, her grandparents, and sold, Drouot-Richelieu, Paris, February 3, 2003, lot 318, illustrated). Acquired at the above sale