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La Lettre d'amour (The love letter)
Details
Jean Léon Gérôme (French, 1824-1904)
La Lettre d'amour (The love letter)
signed 'J.L.GEROME' (centre right)
oil on canvas
21 x 15¾ in. (53.4 x 40 cm.)
Painted in 1889.
La Lettre d'amour (The love letter)
signed 'J.L.GEROME' (centre right)
oil on canvas
21 x 15¾ in. (53.4 x 40 cm.)
Painted in 1889.
Provenance
Anonymous sale, Christie's, London, 20 February 1970, lot 116.
Literature
J. L. Gérôme, Paris Photographs, Gérôme, Oeuvres, Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, Cabinet des Estampes, XII, 15.
F. Hering, Gérôme, his life and works, New York, 1982, p. 271. G. M. Ackerman, Jean-Léon Gérôme, monographie et catalogue raisonné, Paris, 1992, pp. 262-263, no. 357 (illustrated).
F. Hering, Gérôme, his life and works, New York, 1982, p. 271. G. M. Ackerman, Jean-Léon Gérôme, monographie et catalogue raisonné, Paris, 1992, pp. 262-263, no. 357 (illustrated).
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 15% on the buyer's premium
Sale room notice
Please note that the authenticity of this work has been confirmed by Professor Ackerman and an additional literature reference is as follows:
G. Ackerman, Gérôme, Paris, 2000, pp. 322-323, no. 357 (illustrated).
G. Ackerman, Gérôme, Paris, 2000, pp. 322-323, no. 357 (illustrated).