Sale 1273
New York
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30 September - 1 October 2003
SOLD ON BEHALF OF THE PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS IN ORDER TO BENEFIT ITS AMERICAN ART ACQUISITION FUND
Price realised
USD 5,378
Estimate
Jean François Xavier Roffiaen (Belgian, 1820-1898) Mount Rosa signed and dated 'F. Roffiaen 1869' (lower left) oil on canvas 19½ x 34½ in. (49.5 x 87.7 cm.) Painted in 1869
Provenance
Henry C. Gibson, Philadelphia. Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, 1892 (bequest from the above).
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Literature
E. Strahan, ed., Art Treasures of America, New York, circa 1880, vol. I, p. 80.
Exhibited
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, The Beneficient Connoisseurs (Henry C. Gibson Collection), 5 January-17 February 1974, no. 72.
Special Notice
This lot is exempt from Sales Tax.
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