Lot Essay
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The Dashing Cavalier
Details
Ferdinand Victor Lèon Roybet (French, 1840-1920)
The Dashing Cavalier
signed and dated 'F. Roybet. 1871-' (lower left)
oil on panel
21¾ x 17½ in (55.3 x 44.5 cm.)
Painted in 1871
The Dashing Cavalier
signed and dated 'F. Roybet. 1871-' (lower left)
oil on panel
21¾ x 17½ in (55.3 x 44.5 cm.)
Painted in 1871
Provenance
Henry C. Gibson, Philadelphia.
Philadelphia Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, 1892 (bequest from the above).
Philadelphia Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, 1892 (bequest from the above).
Literature
E. Strahan, ed., Art Treasures of America, New York, circa 1880, vol. I, p. 80.
C.H. Hart, "The Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Henry C. Gibson, "The American Art Review, Boston, 1880, p. 296.
C.H. Hart, "The Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Henry C. Gibson, "The American Art Review, Boston, 1880, p. 296.
Exhibited
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Beneficient Connoisseurs (Henry C. Gibson Collection), 1974, no. 78.
Special notice
Tax exempt.