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Details
Elizabeth Terroux (Swiss, 1759-1822)
A lady in blue dress and straw hat
Signed ‘Elizabeth Terroux pinxit’ (mid-right)
Enamel on copper
Oval, 61 mm. high, silver-gilt réverbère frame with white enamel border
A lady in blue dress and straw hat
Signed ‘Elizabeth Terroux pinxit’ (mid-right)
Enamel on copper
Oval, 61 mm. high, silver-gilt réverbère frame with white enamel border
Provenance
C. H. T. Hawkins of 10 Portland Place, London; (†) Christie’s, London, 22-25 March 1904, lot 191 (as by Elizabeth Ferrour, £64 to Madame Helft).
Edouard Warneck (1834-1924) Collection, Paris, by 1911.
His son-in-law, Arthur Sambon (1867-1947), Paris, by 1923 and in 1926.
E. Warneck Collection, Paris; Part IV, Leo Schidlof’s Kunstauktionshaus, Vienna, 18 November 1926, lot 49.
Friedrich Neuburg Collection, Litomerice, Moravia; Part I, Hôtel Drouot, 27 March 1939, lot 93.
Ernst Holzscheiter Collection, Meilen (inv. nos. MD/0183 and 569).
Edouard Warneck (1834-1924) Collection, Paris, by 1911.
His son-in-law, Arthur Sambon (1867-1947), Paris, by 1923 and in 1926.
E. Warneck Collection, Paris; Part IV, Leo Schidlof’s Kunstauktionshaus, Vienna, 18 November 1926, lot 49.
Friedrich Neuburg Collection, Litomerice, Moravia; Part I, Hôtel Drouot, 27 March 1939, lot 93.
Ernst Holzscheiter Collection, Meilen (inv. nos. MD/0183 and 569).
Literature
Schidlof 1911, p. 364, illustrated pl. 9, p. 364.
Clouzot 1924, p. 193.
Clouzot 1928, p. 170 (as a possible self-portrait), illustrated pl. XI (as a self-portrait).
Schneeberger 1958, pp. 171-173, illustrated fig. 69 (as an unknown lady).
Schidlof 1964, II, p. 1052 (as a self-portrait of the artist), illustrated IV, pl. 570, fig. 1158.
Genoud 1999, p. 60 footnote 77.
Tissot 2010, p. 586, illustrated in colour p. 587.
Clouzot 1924, p. 193.
Clouzot 1928, p. 170 (as a possible self-portrait), illustrated pl. XI (as a self-portrait).
Schneeberger 1958, pp. 171-173, illustrated fig. 69 (as an unknown lady).
Schidlof 1964, II, p. 1052 (as a self-portrait of the artist), illustrated IV, pl. 570, fig. 1158.
Genoud 1999, p. 60 footnote 77.
Tissot 2010, p. 586, illustrated in colour p. 587.
Exhibited
Paris 1923, no. 235 (lent by Arthur Sambon).
Paris 1925 (lent by Arthur Sambon).
Paris 1926, no. 28 (lent by Arthur Sambon).
Geneva 1956, no. 432, illustrated.
Zurich 1957-58 and 1961.
Paris 1925 (lent by Arthur Sambon).
Paris 1926, no. 28 (lent by Arthur Sambon).
Geneva 1956, no. 432, illustrated.
Zurich 1957-58 and 1961.
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