19th Century European Art
19th Century European Art
Property from a Private Collection, Japan
JEAN-FRANÇOIS MILLET | PORTRAIT OF GUILLAUME ROUMY, UNCLE OF PAULINE ONO
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October 13, 06:58 PM GMT
Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 USD
Lot Details
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Property from a Private Collection, Japan
JEAN-FRANÇOIS MILLET
French
1814 - 1875
PORTRAIT OF GUILLAUME ROUMY, UNCLE OF PAULINE ONO
signed MILLET (lower left)
oil on canvas
canvas: 25⅞ by 21¼ in.; 65.5 by 54 cm
framed: 34⅜ by 30⅝ in.; 87.3 by 77.8 cm
We would like to thank Alexandra Murphy for kindly confirming the authenticity of this lot and for writing the entry.
Roumy Collection, Turqueville
Sale: Hôtel Drouot, Paris, November 25, 1933, lot 70
George Viau (according to a label on the reverse)
Sale: Paris, December 12, 1942, lot 106
Sale: Sotheby's, London, November 15, 1995, lot 24, illustrated
Acquired at the above sale
Lucien Poittevin, Jean-Francois Millet, Portraitiste, Paris, 1971, p. 46, illustrated
George Roumy was the maternal uncle of Pauline Ono, Jean François Millet’s first wife. The portrait was painted circa 1840-42 and almost certainly in Cherbourg.