A Fête Champêtre during the Grape Harvest; and Nymphs bathing at a Pool by a Loggia

Details

Jean-Baptiste Pater* (1695-1736)
A Fête Champêtre during the Grape Harvest; and Nymphs bathing at a Pool by a Loggia
oil on canvas
51 x 38¾in. (129.7 x 98.5cm.)
A Pair (2)

Provenance

Sir Everard Pauncefort-Duncombe, Bt., D.S.O., Brickhill Manor, Buckinghamshire; Christie's, London, July 1, 1966, lot 60 (14,000gns. to Agnew) and lot 61 (7,000gns. to Hallsborough).
with Rosenberg and Stiebel, New York, 1979-80, (the first only).
The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City; Christie's, New York, June 6, 1984, lot 194 (the first only).
with Colnaghi, New York.

Lot Essay

A variant of the second picture was formerly with Wildenstein's (F. Ingersoll-Smouse, Pater, 1928, p. 63, no. 327, and p. 147, fig. 88; included in the exhibition, Masterpieces, Wildenstein, London, May 31-July 14, 1951, no. 4, illustrated).