Lot Essay
*This lot may be exempt from sales tax as set forth in the Sales Tax Notice in the back of the catalogue.
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A Shepherd and his Herd crossing the River before the Storm
Details
Georges Michel (French, 1763-1843)
A Shepherd and his Herd crossing the River before the Storm
oil on canvas
20 3/8 x 28 in. (51.8 x 71.1 cm.)
A Shepherd and his Herd crossing the River before the Storm
oil on canvas
20 3/8 x 28 in. (51.8 x 71.1 cm.)
Provenance
Goupil & Co., M. Knoedler & Co. Successors, New York.
Henry C. Gibson, Philadelphia (purchased from the above, February 1888 for $750).
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, 1892 (bequest from the above).
Henry C. Gibson, Philadelphia (purchased from the above, February 1888 for $750).
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, 1892 (bequest from the above).
Exhibited
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, The Beneficent Connoisseurs (Henry C. Gibson Collection), January-February 1974, no. 62.
Special notice
Tax exempt.
Sale room notice
Michel Schulman will include this work in his forthcoming catalogue raisonné.
Please note that Mr. Schulman dates this work circa 1830.
Please note that Mr. Schulman dates this work circa 1830.