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WORKS OF ART FORMERLY IN THE COLLECTION OF LEONTINE, LADY SASSOONLeontine (née Levy), Lady Sassoon (c. 1864-1955) was born in Cairo, Egypt and married Edward Elias Sassoon, 2nd Baronet of Bombay (1853-1924). The Sassoons were known as the ‘Rothschilds of the East’ due to their immense wealth, amassed through trade and finance, and their movement through Bombay, Indian and then through the continent of Asia. David Sassoon (1792-1864) had eight sons. Elias David Sassoon (1820-1880) was his second son, and the first of his siblings to assist in the Sassoon family business’ expansion into China. He was also involved in his father’s business in Bombay, India where his sons, Jacob Elias Sassoon and Edward Elias Sassoon were born. Lady Sassoon resided at 19 Belgrave Square in London and Keythorpe in Bournemouth. She was a collector of Old Masters and English and French furniture, clocks and objects. She purchased from dealers, and at auction, throughout the 1920s during the Depression and owned eight paintings by Pieter Casteels III (1684-1749), a pair of which were sold at Christie’s in London, 29 March 1974, lot 78. Her collection has passed down in the family to her great-grandson.
ANTOINE VESTIER (AVALLON 1740-1824 PARIS)
Portrait of Mme. Delahaye, three-quarter-length, in a white décolleté dress
Details
ANTOINE VESTIER (AVALLON 1740-1824 PARIS)
Portrait of Mme. Delahaye, three-quarter-length, in a white décolleté dress
signed 'Vestier' (lower left)
oil on canvas
36 7/8 x 29 ½ in. (93.6 x 74.7 cm.)
in a contemporary giltwood Empire frame
Portrait of Mme. Delahaye, three-quarter-length, in a white décolleté dress
signed 'Vestier' (lower left)
oil on canvas
36 7/8 x 29 ½ in. (93.6 x 74.7 cm.)
in a contemporary giltwood Empire frame
Provenance
with A.J. Seligmann, Paris, by 1937.
Literature
A.-M. Passez, Antoine Vestier, 1740-1824, Paris, 1989, p. 228, no. 115.
Brought to you by
Amelia Walker
Director, Specialist Head of Private & Iconic Collections