
Property of the Art Institute of Chicago, Sold to Benefit the Acquisitions Fund
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October 15, 04:57 PM GMT
Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 USD
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Property of the Art Institute of Chicago, Sold to Benefit the Acquisitions Fund
NARCISSE VIRGILE DIAZ DE LA PEÑA
French
1808 - 1876
GROUPE DE BOHÉMIENNES EN FORÊT
signed with the artist's initials (lower left)
oil on board
board: 7¾ by 5⅜ in.; 19.7 by 13.7 cm
framed: 13¼ by 10½ in.; 33.7 by 26.7 cm
Pierre and Rolande Miquel comment in the artist’s catalogue raisonne that the artist’s son, Eugene, may have possible assisted in the completion of this work.
George F. Harding, Jr., Chicago
George F. Harding Museum, Chicago (bequeathed from the above, 1939)
Acquired from the above, 1982
Pierre and Rolande Miquel, Narcisse Virgile Diaz de La Peña, catalogue raisonné de l’œuvre peint, Paris, 2006, vol. II, p. 275, no. 1711, illustrated