Lot Essay
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preparing this catalogue entry.
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WILLIAM ADOLPHE BOUGUEREAU (French, 1825-1905)
L'Amour Vainqueur
signed and dated W. Bouguereau/1886 lower
left--oil on canvas
(164.2 x 122.6cm.)
L'Amour Vainqueur
signed and dated W. Bouguereau/1886 lower
left--oil on canvas
(164.2 x 122.6cm.)
Provenance
Sold by the Artist November 25, 1866 (12,000FF)
Boussod Valadon & Cie, Paris (successors to Goupil), June 29, 1887,
no. 18188 (26,000FF)
Roland F. Knoedler, London
Charles Sedelmeyer, Paris, (September, 1887)
Baron Leo D'Erlanger
Frank and Rutley Knight, London,March 25, 1946, lot 46 ( 80)
M. Knoedler & Co., New York, June 12, 1952, titled as "Cupid and Psyche", no. A-3420
R. Willard
William J. Fischer Gallery, New York, May 1, 1971
Dr. Morton Haber
Boussod Valadon & Cie, Paris (successors to Goupil), June 29, 1887,
no. 18188 (26,000FF)
Roland F. Knoedler, London
Charles Sedelmeyer, Paris, (September, 1887)
Baron Leo D'Erlanger
Frank and Rutley Knight, London,March 25, 1946, lot 46 ( 80)
M. Knoedler & Co., New York, June 12, 1952, titled as "Cupid and Psyche", no. A-3420
R. Willard
William J. Fischer Gallery, New York, May 1, 1971
Dr. Morton Haber
Literature
Magazine of Art, 1887, pp. 314-315
M. Vachon, W. Bouguereau, Paris, 1900, p. 156 (under the year
1887)
M. Vachon, W. Bouguereau, Paris, 1900, p. 156 (under the year
1887)
Exhibited
Paris, Salon of 1887, no. 310 (illustrated in the Catalogue of the Salon, p. 65)