Lot 184
  • 184

Atala Varcollier, née Stamaty

Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 EUR
bidding is closed

Description

  • Atala Varcollier, née Stamaty
  • Copie d'après l'Autoportrait à 24 ans de Jean-Auguste Dominique Ingres
  • Huile sur toile
  • 92 x 73 cm ; 36 1/4 by 28 3/4 in

Provenance

Atala Varcollier;
Par descendance, collection Marchand (cousin du neveu d'Atala Varcollier) ;
Probablement, vente Hôtel Drouot à Paris, le 4 mars 1935, n°62 ;
Vente Drouot rive Gauche, Me Renaud à Paris, le 15 novembre 1976, n°110 ;
Art of the Enlightenment, vente Sotheby's à New York, 27 janvier 2005, lot n°50

Literature

Probablement, comte Henri Delaborde, Ingres, sa vie et ses travaux, sa doctrine, d'après les notes manuscrites et les lettres du maitre, Paris 1870, p. 251
H. Lapauze, Ingres, sa vie et son oeuvre (1780-1867), d'après des documents inédits, Paris, 1911, cité p. 48
H. Naef, Die bildniszeichnungen von J.A.D. Ingres, Berne 1977, T.II, p. 247-248
G. Tinterow and P. Conisbee, Portraits by Ingres, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1999-2000, p. 457-458 sous le n°147

Condition

- Painting is relined - Network of small, fine cracks on the surface, in particular on the shirt and the coat - White scratch around the sleeve, visible in the photograph - Small white scratch between thumb and forefinger of the left hand, visible in the photograph - Restored tear in a shape close to an inverted L in the background, towards upper right corner, of approximately 15 cm long x 11cm high - Very few tiny retouches scattered on the surface - Very good overall condition
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