Live Auction 2175Old Masters and 19th Century Art
Nicolas Lancret (Paris 1690-1743)
Lot 46 THIS LOT IS SOLD WITHOUT RESERVE

Nicolas Lancret (Paris 1690-1743)

A lady with her page

Closed4 June 2009

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Nicolas Lancret (Paris 1690-1743)
A lady with her page
oil on canvas
28 3/8 x 23 5/8 in. (72 x 60 cm.)

Waterford collection, Ireland.
with Georges Wildenstein, Paris; confiscated in France by the Nazis, and recovered by the Allies after the War.

Specialist note

Our thanks to Mary Tavener Holmes for confirming the attribution on first-hand inspection of the painting. Dr. Holmes believes that the present lot is one of Lancret's rare portraits, perhaps of an actress in the artist's circle of friends, and she dates it to the 1730s.