Jean Béraud (French, 1849-1936)

The present lot is one of five interiors by Béraud representing the elegant Paris apartment of his friend and executor, Émilie Yznaga, at 142 bis rue de Grenelle. The collection, which included major paintings by artists such as Domenico Tiepolo, Frans Snyders, Jean-Marc Nattier and Nicolas de Largillière, as well as important 18th century French furniture, was partly dispersed via donations to the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris (which also holds three of the pendants to the present lot) and to the National Gallery in London. The painting above the sofa (NG inv. 5584, Portrait of a Lady) was formerly attributed to Greuze and is dated to circa 1760.