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| Faustine Léo (1832–1865) |
Artist:Henri Lehmann (French, Kiel 1814–1882 Paris)
Date:1842
Medium:Oil on canvas
Dimensions:39 3/8 x 32 in. (100 x 81.3 cm)
Classification:Paintings
Credit Line:Purchase, Wolfe Fund and Mr. and Mrs. Frank E. Richardson Gift, 2004
Lehmann executed several portraits, both painted and drawn, of his first cousin Faustine Léo. This portrait clearly emulates the example of his master, Ingres, notably in its smooth, polished surface and the crisply delineated contours of the figure. Yet its intensely saturated palette and intimate mood set Lehmann's work apart from that of Ingres. The portrait bears its original frame.
Provenance
the sitter, Faustine Léo, Paris (1842–d. 1865; by descent in her family, 1865–1988; sale, Sotheby's, Monaco, December 2, 1988, no. 687 for Fr 355,200 to Sayn-Wittgenstein); [Sayn-Wittgenstein, New York, 1988–89; sold to Richardson]; Mr. and Mrs. Frank E. Richardson, New York (1989–99; sale, Christie's, New York, May 6, 1999, no. 27, for $123,500); sale, Christie's, London, December 3, 2003, no. 22, bought in; John Schaeffer, Sydney (2003–4)
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