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Narcisse-Virgile Diaz de la Peña (French, 1807-1876)
Le sommeil des nymphes, la nuit
Details
Narcisse-Virgile Diaz de la Peña (French, 1807-1876)
Le sommeil des nymphes, la nuit
signed and dated 'N. Diaz 51' (lower right)
oil on panel
14 ¾ x 23 3/8 in. (37.4 x 59.3 cm.)
Le sommeil des nymphes, la nuit
signed and dated 'N. Diaz 51' (lower right)
oil on panel
14 ¾ x 23 3/8 in. (37.4 x 59.3 cm.)
Provenance
M. Collot.
His sale; Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 29 May 1852, lot 22.
Anton Ritter von Oelzelt (1817-1875), Vienna.
His sale; P. Kaeser, Vienna, 18-19 November 1878, lot 14.
with Galerie Sedelmeyer, Paris.
Charles Vignier (1863-1934), Paris.
with M. Knoedler & Co., New York, by 1919.
Private Collection, Chicago, 1930s.
By descent to the present owner.
His sale; Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 29 May 1852, lot 22.
Anton Ritter von Oelzelt (1817-1875), Vienna.
His sale; P. Kaeser, Vienna, 18-19 November 1878, lot 14.
with Galerie Sedelmeyer, Paris.
Charles Vignier (1863-1934), Paris.
with M. Knoedler & Co., New York, by 1919.
Private Collection, Chicago, 1930s.
By descent to the present owner.
Literature
P. et R. Miquel, Diaz de la Peña: Catalogue Raisonné de l'oeuvre peint volume II, Paris, 2006, p. 434, no. 2653, illustrated.
Exhibited
Paris, Galerie Georges Petit, Exposition de chefs-d’oeuvre de l’école française: Vingt peintres du XIXe siècle, 2-31 May 1910, no. 80.
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