JEAN-CHARLES-JOSEPH RÉMOND | THE TERRACE OF THE VILLA MELZI, OVERLOOKING LAKE COMO

Private collection, France;

Anonymous sale, Paris, Tajan, 18 May 1998, lot 51;

Private collection, New York;

By whom anonymously sold, New York, Sotheby's, 25 January 2008, lot 411;

There acquired by the current owner.

This painting depicts the semicircular terrace of the Villa Melzi, a neoclassical residence near Bellagio on Lake Como, built between 1808-1810 for Francesco Melzi d'Eril, Vice President of the Cisalpine Republic. Many illustrious guests have stayed at the villa, including Franz Liszt and Stendhal. The villa, which still stands, is a national monument open to the public.