Le monde où l'on s'amuse

Details

David Joseph Bles (Dutch, 1821-1899)
Le monde où l'on s'amuse
signed and dated 'David Bles ft 55' (lower centre)
oil on panel
23 x 33 cm.

Provenance

Anon. Sale, Frederik Muller, Amsterdam, 20 November 1923, lot 67, ill.
Anon. Sale, Frederik Muller, Amsterdam, 20 November 1951, lot 208.

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Further details

VARIOUS PROPERTIES

Lot Essay

In this interior a Dutch cream painted and parcel-gilt suite of salon furniture of Louis XV style, a fine 18th century giltwood overmantle mirror and console table and a Deventer carpet of 'Ushak design', create an atmosphere of elegance and render a sense of wealth.

A later version from 1857 of the composition with some variations was sold at F.A. van Braam, 20 March 1948, lot 126, ill.

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