Master Paintings Part II
Master Paintings Part II
The Story of Anacreon (Four Works): Cupid at the Door in a Rainstorm; Young Love's Shivering Limbs the Embers Warm; Cupid Runs out the Door; The Poet Dreams of Cupid by the Fire
Lot Closed
January 30, 05:48 PM GMT
Estimate
250,000 - 350,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Jean-Léon Gérôme
Vesoul 1824 - 1904 Paris
The Story of Anacreon (Four Works): Cupid at the Door in a Rainstorm; Young Love's Shivering Limbs the Embers Warm; Cupid Runs out the Door; The Poet Dreams of Cupid by the Fire
the first and second signed lower left: J.L. GEROME; the third signed lower left: JL GEROME; the fourth signed lower left: JL. GEROME
each: oil on canvas
each canvas: 23 5/8 by 32 in.; 60 by 81.5 cm.
each framed: 27 5/8 by 35 3/4 in.; 70.1 by 90.8 cm.
This catalogue note was written by Emily M. Weeks, Ph.D., and the works will be included in her revision of the Jean-Léon Gérôme catalogue raisonné, currently in progress.
Anonymous sale, Paris, Hôtel Drouot, 11 May 1933, lot 76A (the first as l'Amour arrive); possibly, lot 76B (the third as Un intérieur grec); lot 76C (the second as Le méme intérieur); lot 76D (the fourth as Encore le méme intérieur);
Possibly, anonymous sale, Paris, 1945 (as cited in E. Bénézit, Dictionnaire Critique et Documentaire Peintres Sculpteurs, Paris, 1966 (as "four scenes in the life of Eros");
Private collection, Spain, since 1994;
Private collection, United States.
Paris, Salon, 1899, no. 860 (ex cat; the second work, and possibly more from the cycle being exhibited).