Lot Essay
Chassériau made two drawings of the present model, one now in the Louvre and formerly in the collection of the painter Puvis de Chavannes. The other was in the collection of Baron Arthur Chassériau.
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From the Collection of the late Lore and Rudolf Heinemann being sold for the benefit of the Pierpont Morgan Library and the National Gallery of Art
Théodore Chassériau* (French, 1819-1856)
A Portrait of a Woman
Details
Théodore Chassériau* (French, 1819-1856)
A Portrait of a Woman
signed and dated 'Chassériau/Paris 1833' lower right
oil on canvas
24 x 19½in. (61 x 49.5cm.)
A Portrait of a Woman
signed and dated 'Chassériau/Paris 1833' lower right
oil on canvas
24 x 19½in. (61 x 49.5cm.)
Provenance
César de Hauke
With Galerie les Tourettes, Basel, until 1956
With M. Knoedler & Co. Inc., New York, no. A6430, until 1968
With Galerie les Tourettes, Basel, until 1956
With M. Knoedler & Co. Inc., New York, no. A6430, until 1968
Exhibited
Palm Beach, Florida, The Society of the Four Arts, Portraits; A Record of Changing Tastes, Feb 8-March 1, 1964, no. 23, illustrated New York, The Trinity School, Nineteenth Century Romantic Painting, Feb. 8-March 4, 1965, no. 4