Jean-Baptiste Madou (Belgian, 1796-1877) and Hilaire-Antoine Kreins (Luxembourger, 1806-1862)

Receiving her first Visitor

細節

Jean-Baptiste Madou (Belgian, 1796-1877) and Hilaire-Antoine Kreins (Luxembourger, 1806-1862)
Receiving her first Visitor
signed by both artists and dated 'Madou & Kreins./1849.' (lower right)
oil on panel
15.5/8 x 18.7/8 in. (39.7 x 47.9 cm.)
Painted in 1849

來源

Grand Duke Alexander Alexandrovich, Anichkov Palace, St. Petersburg, no. 342.

拍品專文

The present work was in the private collection of Grand Duke Alexander Alexandrovich (1845-1894) who, in 1881, became Tsar Alexander III. His engraved label is attached to the back of the panel as is a printed label from the Anichkov Palace with, in manuscript, the cipher of Alexander and an inscription stating that the work is no. 342 in His Highnesses personal collection.