A West-Indian wedding party

Details

Danish School (19th century)
A West-Indian wedding party
oil on canvas
71 x 90 cm.

Special notice

This lot is offered without reserve and will be sold to the highest bidder. Christie's charge a premium to the buyer on the final bid price of each lot sold at the following rates: 23.8% of the final bid price of each lot sold up to and including €150,000 and 14.28% of any amount in excess of €150,000. Buyers' premium is calculated on the basis of each lot individually.

Lot Essay

The Danish West Indies (Dansk Vest Indien) are a former colony of Denmark in the Caribbean, now known as the Virgin Islands. In 1916 the islands were sold to the United States of America for $ 25.000.000,- in gold. The present lot shows a wedding party of an elderly wealthy bridegroom and his young beautiful bride; he happy with his prey, she with her new status.

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