LOUIS-RÉMY MATIFAS (AMIENS 1847-1896 PARIS) and CHARLES-ÉMILE JACQUE (PARIS 1813-1884)

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LOUIS-RÉMY MATIFAS (AMIENS 1847-1896 PARIS) and CHARLES-ÉMILE JACQUE (PARIS 1813-1884)

Jeune bergère gardant ses moutons, printemps

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LOUIS-RÉMY MATIFAS (AMIENS 1847-1896 PARIS) and CHARLES-ÉMILE JACQUE (PARIS 1813-1884)
Jeune bergère gardant ses moutons, printemps
signed and dated 'Matifas/1881' (lower left)
oil on canvas
41 ½ x 29 in. (105.4 x 73.7 cm.)

Provenance

T. Williams, 1927.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 24 May 1989, lot 287.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.

Literature

P.-O. Fanica, Charles Jacque, 1813-1894: Graveur original et peintre animalier, Montigny-sur-Loing, 1995, p. 269.

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Lot Essay

The background of the present work was painted by Matifas with the animals and figure painted by Jacque. The arrangement of the ewe and lamb is a replica of Jacque's Jeune berger gardant ses moutons, été, formerly in the Doheny collection, which is included in this sale as lot 52.

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