JACQUES-LAURENT AGASSE (GENEVA 1767-1849 LONDON)

Lot 143
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Lot 143 | JACQUES-LAURENT AGASSE (GENEVA 1767-1849 LONDON)
Estimate value
$ 100 000 – 150 000
JACQUES-LAURENT AGASSE (GENEVA 1767-1849 LONDON)
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.
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