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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jan 25, 2012 | Christie's | New York | The Art of France | 133 | $****** - ****** | The Good Mother |
paintings
48.9 x 39.2 cm (19.25 x 15.43 in)
oil on canvas, oval
Marie-François Ménage de Pressigny (Fermier général), 1779, by descent to. Baron d'Aubigny and Charrette, by descent to. Arthur Veil-Picard, Paris, by 1907. Confiscated from the above by the Einsatzstab Reichsleiter Rosenberg (inv. WP 94)
Transferred to the Jeu de Paume, Paris. Located at the Buxheim art repository and repatriated to France, 28 December 1945. Jeannette Veil-Picard, Paris, 1958. Mr. and Mrs. Ortiz Linares, Paris (Bolivian Embassy), until 1976. George Ortiz, Switzerland, from whom acquired by the present owner.
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