Nicolas Lancret

An outdoor concert with the Beautiful Greek and the Amorous Turk

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January 30, 04:54 PM GMT

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150,000 - 200,000 USD

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Property from the collection of Ambassador and Mrs. Felix Rohatyn

Nicolas Lancret

Paris 1690 - 1743

An outdoor concert with the Beautiful Greek and the Amorous Turk

oil on canvas, an oval

canvas: 22 7/8 by 29 1/4 in.; 58.2 by 74.5 cm.

framed: 32 by 37 1/2 in.; 81.3 by 95.3 cm.

Le Doux sale, Paris, 14 April 1775, lot 55 (together with an oval pendant showing a shepherd, shepherdess and ten other figures);
Private collection, Switzerland;
With Colnaghi, New York;
From whom acquired by 1992.

G. Wildenstein, Lancret, Paris 1924, cat. no. 708;
M.T. Holmes, Nicolas Lancret 1690-1743, New York 1991, exhibition catalogue, cat. no. 4, pp. 64-66, reproduced p. 65;
M.T. Holmes, Nicolas Lancret: Dance before a Fountain, Los Angeles 2006, pp. 6-7, reproduced p. 7, fig. 7.

New York, The Frick Collection, Nicolas Lancret, 19 November 1991 - 12 January 1992, no. 4.

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