Henri-François Riesener Paris 1767-1828
Portrait of a harpist and singer
indistinctly inscribed (on the harp sounding board)
oil on canvas
51 1/8 x 38½ in. 129.9 x 97.8 cm.
Henri-François Riesener Paris 1767-1828
Portrait of a harpist and singer
indistinctly inscribed (on the harp sounding board)
oil on canvas
51 1/8 x 38½ in. 129.9 x 97.8 cm.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 28 January 1999, lot 364.
We are grateful to Mr. Alexis Bordes for confirming the attribution to Riesener on the basis of a photograph. He plans to include the painting in his forthcoming catalogue raisonné on the artist (private communication, 17 September 2007).
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