GIOVANNI BOLDINI
Ecstasy , 1859 (Executed)
Lot #2 |
2019-07-09 |
Sotheby's, London
19th Century European Paintings
Category:
Painting
Estimate:
GBP 50,000 - 70,000 (currency of sale)
USD 63,850 - 89,390 (approx.)
Price Sold:
Auction Details
Auction house: Sotheby's
Auction number: L19101
Auction name: 19th Century European Paintings
Auction type: Fine Art
Location: London
Start date: 2019-07-09
Currency: GBP
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Lot Description
Details
Genre: 19th Century European Art
Department: Painting & Works on Paper
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Dimensions: 17.5 by 27cm.
Item measurements:
Height In Centimeters:
17.5
Width In Centimeters:
27
Height In Inches:
6.75
Width In Inches:
10.5
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Year notes: Executed between 1859 and 1939.
Provenance
Guillaume de Gontaut-Biron, marquis de Biron, Paris and Geneva (Gontaut-Biron (1859-1939) was an avid collector of Old Masters and nineteenth-century art. In 1914 over three hundred works from his collection were sold at Galerie Georges Petit, Paris. A portrait in black chalk of the marquis by Boldini is now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (no. 1979.183)) Gérard de Soriol Purchased from the above in 1996 by the father of the present owner; thence by descent
Catalog summary
Property from a French Private Collection GIOVANNI BOLDINI Italian 1842 - 1931 Ecstasy oil on panel 17.5 by 27cm., 6¾ by 10½in. The authenticity of this work has been confirmed by Museo Archives Giovanni Boldini Macchiaioli, Pistoia. Provenance Guillaume de Gontaut-Biron, marquis de Biron, Paris and Geneva (Gontaut-Biron (1859-1939) was an avid collector of Old Masters and nineteenth-century art. In 1914 over three hundred works from his collection were sold at Galerie Georges Petit, Paris. A portrait in black chalk of the marquis by Boldini is now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (no. 1979.183)) Gérard de Soriol Purchased from the above in 1996 by the father of the present owner; thence by descent