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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jun 6, 2025 | Sotheby's | Paris | Tableaux 1400–1900 Online | 136 | $****** - ****** | The jailed bird | |||
Nov 6, 2024 | Sotheby's | Paris | Tableaux et Dessins 1400-1900 incluant des œuvres d’une importante collection privée symboliste | 25 | $****** - ****** | The jailed bird |
paintings
35.2 x 53.3 cm (13.88 x 21 in)
Oil on canvas
Collection of M. Edouard Kann;
With Th. Agnew and Sons, London, in 1921;
Sale ( From the Property of C. Morland Agnew, Esq ), Christie"s, London, 9 July 1926, lot 133;
Where acquired by Farr (potentially Daniel H. Farr);
Bought in Paris by the dealer Theo Hermsen;
By whom sold during the Occupation to Dr. Herbst;
Stored by Alt Aussee, transferred to the Munich Central Collecting Point, 27 June 1946;
Shipped back to France, 7January 1947;
Sold by the French State (Domaine sale), 21 December 1950;
With Kurt Meissner, Zurich;
By whom sold to De Boer in April 1954;
With Kunsthandel P. de Boer, Amsterdam (sold in 1962 according to their archive);
Anonymous sale, M e Rheims, Galerie Charpentier, Paris, 8-9 June 1959, lot 177;
Collection Sir Robert Bird;
His sale, Palais Galliera, Paris, 1 April 1965, lot 13;
Sale The Property of the late Sir Robert Bird, K.B.E. (consigned by his son-in-law vicount Alain de Mauduit), Sotheby"s, London, 6 July 1966, lot 26;
Anonymous sale, Sotheby"s, London, 6 December 1967, lot 104;
Where bought by Sir Robert Abdy;
Private Collection, England;
Anonymous sale, Artcurial, Paris, 18 November 2020, lot 84 (withdrawn from the sale).
G. Wildenstein, Lancret , Paris 1924, p. 120, no. 742, fig. 174.
Nicolas Lancret
Paris 1690 - 1743
The jailed bird
Oil on canvas
35,2 x 53,3 cm; 13⅞ by 21 in.
