JAMES (JACQUES) JOSEPH TISSOT (NANTES 1836-1902 CHENECEY-BUILLON)

Lot 260
02.07.2025 00:00UTC +01:00
Classic
Starting price
£ 30 000
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUnited Kingdom, London
Buyer Premiumsee on Website%
ID 1443069
Lot 260 | JAMES (JACQUES) JOSEPH TISSOT (NANTES 1836-1902 CHENECEY-BUILLON)
Estimate value
£ 30 000 – 50 000
JAMES (JACQUES) JOSEPH TISSOT (NANTES 1836-1902 CHENECEY-BUILLON)
Sur la Plage - Mary, Queen of Scots
Signed and inscribed 'à l’ami Colville / J. J. Tissot' (lower right); with inscription 'Antoine [illeg.] (Colville) / Porzellanmaler [?]ab. 1793 Ruffey sur Seille / Jura / + 1867' (on stretcher)
oil on canvas
19 1/2 x 22 1/4 in. (49.5 x 56.5 cm.)




Provenance

The artist by whom given to Antoine Colville;
Janet and John E. Marqusee Collection by 1968, as Group of Figures in 17th Century Costume; thence by descent;
Private collection, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Anonymous sale; Freemans, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 14 February 2023, lot 56
where purchased by the present owner.



Literature

David S. Brooke, ‘On the Beach’, in James Jacques Joseph Tissot 1836-1902, A Retrospective Exhibition, Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, 1968, unp., no. 5 (illustrated);
Michael Wentworth, James Tissot, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1984, pp. 43-44 and pl. 22, as Sur la plage.



Exhibited

James Jacques Joseph Tissot 1836-1902, A Retrospective Exhibition, Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, and Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, 1968, cat. no. 5 as On the Beach.
Address of auction CHRISTIE'S
8 King Street, St. James's
SW1Y 6QT London
United Kingdom
Preview
02.07.2025 – 02.07.2025
Phone +44 (0)20 7839 9060
Email
Buyer Premium see on Website
Conditions of purchaseConditions of purchase

Related terms