H. Harrisse,L. L. Boilly, peintre, dessinateur et lithographe. Sa vie et son œuvre (1761-1845), Paris, 1898, p. 114, no 348
M. Tourneux,Louis-Léopold Boilly, Gazette des beaux-arts, 1er novembre 1898, p. 412
P. Marmottan, Le Peintre Louis Boilly (1761-1845), Paris, 1913, p. 191
J. S. Hallam,The Genre Works of Louis-Léopold Boilly,Seattle, 1979, p. 138-139, 278, repr. fig. 168, p. 307.E. Bréton, P. Zuber,Louis-Léopold Boilly (1761-1845) : Le Peintre de la société parisienne de Louis XVI à Louis-Philippe, Paris,2019, p. 757, n°1040 P, reproduit.
Related Works:Lithograph by Lemercier,Le Jeu de dominos, circa 1836, 1st print in black
colored print., H. 16
L. 21 cm.
Reprinted by Meyer in 1845 (see E. Bréton, P. Zuber, op. Cit. Sup. P. 875, n ° 2023 E, reproduced).
References:https://www.nga.gov/collection/artist-info.975.htmlThis lot is accompanied by a photo-certificate issued by Hazlitt, Gooden & Fox, a letter from Dr. Susan L. Siegfried in The Art Institute of Chicago letterhead dated 1986 requesting the work for exhibition, and a copy of the original receipt dated 1980.