Louis-Léopold Boilly

Salvatore Tresca (circa 1750-1815), Paris;

By whom anonymously sold, Paris, Hôtel de Bullion, 2 April 1816, lot 7;

Where acquired by Naudou for 64 francs;

Marie-Antoine Didot, alias Didot de Saint-Marc (d. 1835), Paris;

His sale, Paris, Bonnefons de Lavialle, 27-28 December 1819, lot 11;

Where acquired by Levy for 169 francs;

Thereafter acquired by the present owner.

H. Harrisse, L-L. Boilly, sa vie et son oeuvre, Paris 1898, p. 122, cat. no. 424;

E. Bréton and P. Zuber, Louis-Léopold Boilly 1761-1845: Le peintre de la société Parisienne de Louis XVI a Louis-Philippe, Paris 2019, vol. I, p. 334;

vol. II, p. 899, cat. no. 2177PM.