Jean-Léon Gérôme
French, 1824-1904
Young Woman in Blue
Signed J.L. GEROME and dated 1852 (cl)
Oil on canvas, oval
35 1/2 x 29 inches (90.3 x 73.7 cm)
Frame 42 1/2 x 34 1/2 inches (108 x 87.7 cm)
Provenance:
Tozzi Collection
[Sale] Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, May 12, 1938, lot 47
Major Bowes
Fidell Collection, New York
[Sale] Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, February 14, 1947, lot 450
[Sale] Sotheby's London, April 11, 1995, lot 73
Literature:
Gerald Ackerman, The Life and Work of Jean Léon Gérôme, Catalogue Raisonné, Sotheby's Publications (London, 1986), illus. p. 32 and p. 195, no. 45
Condition
Glue relined. Generally, in very good condition. Some tiny touches of restoration to the sitter's forehead; a thin line on her right cheek. A few scattered touches to the background.
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