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Portrait of a lady, bust-length, in a fur trimmed shawl
Details
Jean-Baptiste Greuze (Tournus 1725-1805 Paris)
Portrait of a lady, bust-length, in a fur trimmed shawl
oil on canvas
24 x 20 in. (61 x 50.8 cm.)
Portrait of a lady, bust-length, in a fur trimmed shawl
oil on canvas
24 x 20 in. (61 x 50.8 cm.)
Provenance
Probably Edward Wheler Mills, brother of Sir Charles Mills and father of the first Lord Hillingdon, and by descent to his daughter,
Charlotte, wife of the reverend Edward Cooper of Markree Castle, Collooney, Co. Sligo, Ireland, and by descent to their son,
Brigadier-General R.J. Cooper, Lowndes Square, London; (+) Christie's, London, 12 December 1947, lot 6.
with Thomas Agnews & Ltd., London, 1954, no. 14481.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, Paris, 27 June 2002, lot 45, as 'Jean-Baptiste Greuze', where sold with a letter from Edgar Munhall, dated 10 May 2002, confirming the attribution and dating the work to circa 1757.
Charlotte, wife of the reverend Edward Cooper of Markree Castle, Collooney, Co. Sligo, Ireland, and by descent to their son,
Brigadier-General R.J. Cooper, Lowndes Square, London; (+) Christie's, London, 12 December 1947, lot 6.
with Thomas Agnews & Ltd., London, 1954, no. 14481.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, Paris, 27 June 2002, lot 45, as 'Jean-Baptiste Greuze', where sold with a letter from Edgar Munhall, dated 10 May 2002, confirming the attribution and dating the work to circa 1757.
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