Post auction sale
Rousseau im Park von Versailles. Vor 1856.
Watercolor over pencil on paper.
Tschudi 270. Lower right monogrammed. Titled "Rousseau." in lower center, presumably by the artist. 27.9 x 20 cm (10.9 x 7.8 in) , the full sheet.
We are grateful to Dr. Claude Keisch for his kind support in cataloging this lot.
PROVENANCE: Carl Ludwig Kuhtz, Berlin.
Secretary of the 'Verein der Kunstfreunde in Preußen', Berlin (from 1856).
Galerie Kuhtz, Berlin, Ölgemälde, Aquarelle und Zeichnungen, estate auction at Rudolph Lepke Kunst-Auctions-Haus, Berlin, auction on February 15, 1898, no. 46 (with illu. on p. 35).
Collection Marcus Kappel, Berlin (acoding to Tschudi in 1905).
Private collection Europe (since 1920, descendants of aforementioend).
Private collection New York.
Jill Newhouse Gallery, New York.
Private collection New York (acquired from aforementioned on February 4, 1998 , copy of invoice included).
EXHIBITION: Ausstellung von Werken Adolph von Menzels, Königliche National-Galerie, Berlin 1905, cat. no. 269.