Antoine-François Callet

Commissioned by the comte d'Artois, in 1778, directly from the artist for the boudoir of the Château de Bagatelle;

Probably sold along with the château and its contents in 1796;

Sale De Serenville, Paris, Paillet, 22-24 January 1812, lot 99;

Reputedly Eugénie, Empress of the French (1826-1920);

Count Claes Bonde (1878-1965);

Acquired at his death by his niece, Brita von Post, née Baroness Palmstierna (1905-1984);

Acquired from the above, circa 1972;

Anonymous sale, Sotheby's, London, 4 July 2007, lot 67;

With Galerie Kugel, Paris.

A. de Champeaux, L'Art décoratif dans le vieux Paris, 1898, p. 305;

J. Baillio, 'Hubert Robert's Decorations for the Château de Bagatelle', in The Metropolitan Museum of Art Journal, 27, 1992, pp. 155-156, and note 12, p. 180;

M. Constans, 'Le Château du Comte d'Artois', in Bagatelle dans ses jardins, 1997, p. 63. 

B. Gallini, 'Antoine François Callet (1741-1823), évolution d’un style lié aux aléas de l’histoire', in Latribunedelart.com, article published on 11 January 2017, fig. 10 and 11.