Lot Essay
This work will be included in the forthcoming catalogue raisonn of the paintings of Boilly being prepared by Etienne Breton and Pascal Zuber.
'Les Caresses maternelles'
Details
Louis-Lopold Boilly* (1761-1845)
'Les Caresses maternelles'
oil on canvas
18 x 15.1/8in. (46.4 x 38.4cm.)
'Les Caresses maternelles'
oil on canvas
18 x 15.1/8in. (46.4 x 38.4cm.)
Provenance
Snateur Boitelle; sale, Pillet, Paris, April 24, 1866, lot 6 (to the following).
Mr. Mason; sale, Pillet, Paris, Feb. 1, 1875, lot 3 (to Mr. Borel)
Anon. sale, Rheims, Paris, May 23, 1951, lot 19.
Acquired by Antenor Patio, for his house in Avenue Foch, Paris, and by descent.
Mr. Mason; sale, Pillet, Paris, Feb. 1, 1875, lot 3 (to Mr. Borel)
Anon. sale, Rheims, Paris, May 23, 1951, lot 19.
Acquired by Antenor Patio, for his house in Avenue Foch, Paris, and by descent.
Literature
H. Harrisse, L.-L. Boilly, sa vie et son oeuvre, Paris, 1898, p. 93, no. 114.