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Léonce J. V. de Joncières b. 1871
Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 USD
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Description
- Léonce J. V. de Joncières
- Lesbia's Sparrow
signed L. de Joncières and dated '99 (lower right)
- oil on canvas laid down on panel
- 21 by 37 in.
- 53 by 94 cm
Exhibited
Paris, Salon, 1899, no. 1053.
Catalogue Note
This painting illustrates the Roman poet Catullus's verses as indicated in the catalogue of the 1899 Salon: Pleurez, grâces et amour, et vous tous amants séduisants, le moineau de ma Lesbie est mort.