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| Madame Gautreu Drinking A Toast,1882-1883 |
JOHN SINGER SARGENT (FLORENCE, 1856 - 1925, LONDON)
Oil on panel, 32 x 41 cm (12 5/8 x 16 1/8 in.) panel
PROVENANCE
John Singer Sargent dedicated this painting to the sitter's mother, Madame Anatole Avegno (1818–1887).
At a later unknown date it was acquired by Dr. Samuel Pozzi (1846–1918), French surgeon and gynecologist and reputedly the sitter's lover.
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner at the auction of Pozzi's collection, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, 23-24 June 1919, lot 23 for 15,651 francs through her agent Fernand Robert.
Location : Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
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