Lot Essay
Raffaëlli made a drawing after this painting entitled la soupe de midi, that was exhibited at his first one-man show, the Exposition Jean Franois Raffaëlli in Paris in 1884. The drawing was also reproduced in the Gazette des Beaux-Arts of 1884 (p.336) in an article entitled Oeuvers de J.F. Raffaëlli.
Brame and Lorenceau has confirmed the authenticity of the present work.
Brame and Lorenceau has confirmed the authenticity of the present work.