ID 1436606
Lot 143 | JACQUES-LAURENT AGASSE (GENEVA 1767-1849 LONDON)
Estimate value
$ 100 000 – 150 000
Androcles and the lion
oil on canvas
50 x 39 7/8 in. (127 x 101.3 cm.)
Provenance
(Probably) William Danby II (1752-1833), Swinton Park, Masham, Yorkshire, from whom possibly acquired in situ by the following,
Samuel Cunliffe Lister (1815-1906), 1st Baron Masham, Swinton Park, Masham, Yorkshire, and by descent to,
Philip Cunliffe-Lister (1884-1972), 1st Earl of Swinton, Swinton Park, Masham, Yorkshire.
with Marlborough Fine Art Ltd., London, where acquired on 1 November 1963 by the present owner.
Literature
J.L. Agasse, Catalogue autographe de son oeuvre 1800-1849, Geneva, recoded under either 17 May 1811 or 1 October 1813.
D. Baud-Bovy, Peintres Genevois 1766-1849, II, Geneva, 1903-1905, p. 155.
Advertisement, The Connoisseur, CLIV, 1963, p. XLIV, illustrated.
L. Boissonnas, Jacques-Laurent Agasse 1767-1849, exhibition catalogue, 1988, p. 76, under no. 18.
Exhibited
London, Oscar and Peter Johnson Ltd., Pictures and Drawings from Yorkshire Houses in aid of The Paraplegic Sports Endowment Fund, 4 April - 2 May 1963, no. 1, lent by the Rt. Hon. the Earl and Countess of Swinton.
| Artist: | Jacques-Laurent Agasse (1767 - 1849) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil on canvas |
| Genre: | Mythological painting |
| Place of origin: | Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom |
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
| Artist: | Jacques-Laurent Agasse (1767 - 1849) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil on canvas |
| Genre: | Mythological painting |
| Place of origin: | Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom |
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
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