Narcisse Virgile Diaz de la Peña (French, 1808-1876)
Enfants turcs jouant avec un lézard
Details
Narcisse Virgile Diaz de la Peña (French, 1808-1876)
Enfants turcs jouant avec un lézard
signed and dated 'N. Diaz -64-' (lower left)
oil on panel
14½ x 18 in. (36.8 x 45.7 cm.)
Painted in 1864.
Provenance
Mr. Tabourier.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 23 May 1989, lot 18 (as Children playing with a Lizard).
Exhibited
Paris, Exposition des Oeuvres de N. Diaz de la Peña à l'Ecole nationale des Beaux Arts, 1877, possibly no. 154.
Lot Essay
We would like to thank Madame Rolande Miquel for confirming the authenticity of this work.