Hôtel Lambert, Une Collection Princière, Volume I : Chefs-d’oeuvre

François Boucher

Une dame à sa toilette, also called La Mouche

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October 11, 05:25 PM GMT

Estimate

500,000 - 800,000 EUR

Lot Details

Description

François Boucher

1703 - 1770

Une dame à sa toilette, also called La Mouche

oil on canvas, an oval

33⅞ in. by 29⅞ in. 86 cm by 76 cm

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François Boucher

1703 - 1770

Une dame à sa toilette, dit aussi La Mouche

huile sur toile, ovale

33⅞ in. by 29⅞ in. 86 cm by 76 cm

Possibly Count Carl Gustav Tessin

His sale, Åkero, 4-16 February 1771

Sale Count de C. [Cornet de Ways Ruart the Younger or Count Cremer], Brussels, 22-23 April 1868, lot 7

Where acquired by Sanford Sanford

His sale, Brussels, 15 February 1873, lot 76

Private Collection, USA

Sotheby's London, 28 March 1979, lot 38

With Agnews Gallery, London, in 1980

Harari & Johns, London, in 1990

Koller Zurich, 15 September 1994, lot 37

Private Collection, Monaco

With Colnaghi, Munich & London, in 2007

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Peut-être Comte Carl Gustav Tessin

Sa vente, Åkero, 4-16 février 1771

Vente Comte de C. [Cornet de Ways Ruart le Jeune ou Comte Cremer], Bruxelles, 22-23 avril 1868, lot 7

Où acquis par Sanford Sanford

Sa vente, Bruxelles, 15 février 1873, lot 76

Collection particulière, USA

Sotheby's Londres, 28 mars 1979, lot 38

Agnews Gallery, Londres, en 1980

Harari & Johns, Londres, en 1990

Koller Zürich, 15 septembre 1994, lot 37

Collection particulière, Monaco

Colnaghi, Munich & Londres, en 2007

A. Laing, 'Boucher: The Search for an Idiom', in François Boucher, exhibition catalogue New York, Detroit, Paris 1986-1987, p. 56-72, fig. 43
J.-P. Marandel, 'Boucher and Europe', in François Boucher, exhibition catalogue New York, Detroit, Paris 1986-1987, p. 76-77
J.-P. Marandel, Three Masters of French rococo: Boucher, Fragonard, Lancret, 1990, p. 142 and 166, no. 14

Tokyo, Ida Gallery, An Exhibition of French paintings 1600-1800, 7 June-2 July 1988, no. 18
Tokyo, Osaka, Hakodate, Yokohama, Three Masters of French rococo: Boucher, Fragonard, Lancret, 1990, no. 14
Paris, Marmottan-Monet museum, La toilette : naissance de l'intime, 12 February-5 July 2015, no. 18