LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

64.49 in. (163.80 cm.) (height) by 48.46 in. (123.10 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed 'ALEX CABANEL', c.r.; dated '1868', c.r.

Literature:

Claude Vento, (pseud. for Comtesse de Laincel Alixe), Peintres de la Femme, Paris, 1888, p. 201. George Lafenestre, La Tradition dans la Peinture Française, Paris, 1897, p. 221.

Provenance:

Empress Eugénie (commissioned from the artist). Her sale Christie's, London, 1 July 1927, lot 22. Wallis (purchased from the above sale for 47 gns). with Galerie Seligman, 1927. with Galerie J. Allard, Paris. Carlos Madariaga, Buenos Aires, 1927 (purchased from the above). By descent to Gloria Madariaga.