LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on panel

Measurements:

17.91 in. (45.50 cm.) (height) by 23.23 in. (59.00 cm.) (width)

Exhibited:

London, Matthiesen Fine Art Ltd., . A selection of French Paintings 1700-1840 offered for sale , 6 June- 28 July 1989, no. 4

Literature:

T. Lefrançois,. Nicolas Bertin 1668-1736 , Paris 1981, p. 158, cat. no. 173; pp. 92, 126 (under cat. no. 45), 219 (under note 305

Provenance:

M. de Saint-Bonnet (mentioned in the inventory of his estate, 26 August 1735);. Prince de Conti;. His sale, Palais du Temple, Maître Remy, 8 April 1777, lot 649 (sold with its pendant depicting. Apollo and the Muses );. With Matthiesen Fine Art Ltd, London, 1989;. Where acquired by a private collector;. By whom anonymously sold, Paris, Sotheby's. , 21 June 2012, lot 45;. There acquired by the present collector