The Orientalist Sale including Works from the Najd Collection
The Orientalist Sale including Works from the Najd Collection
Property from a Private Collection
Jean-Léon Gérôme
The Lute Player
Lot Closed
March 30, 12:39 PM GMT
Estimate
150,000 - 200,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property from a Private Collection
Jean-Léon Gérôme
French
1824 - 1904
The Lute Player
signed and dated J.L. GEROME / 1858 centre left
oil on canvas
Unframed: 41.5 by 29cm., 16¼ by 11½in.
Framed: 57 by 45.5cm., 22½ by 18in.
We are grateful to Dr Emily M. Weeks for her assistance in cataloguing this work which will be included in her revision of the artist's catalogue raisonné by Gerald M. Ackerman.
Possibly, Gustave Arosa, Paris (by 1858; acquired from the artist)
Georges Muller, Paris (by 1938)
Private Collection, Paris
Private collection, Greece (by 1966, as The Mandolinist); thence by descent
Georges Muller, Paris (by 1938)
Private Collection, Paris
Private collection, Greece (by 1966, as The Mandolinist); thence by descent
Possibly, Catalogue de Paris, 1883, unpaginated sheet between pp. 20-21 (as Un Arnaut and belonging to Gustave Arosa, Paris, by 1858)