Literature

Catalogues raisonnés
Ackerman 239

Provenance

The artist
with Goupil et Cie., Paris, acquired directly from the above, as Botzaris
with Wallis & Sons, London, acquired directly from the above, 12 March 1874
William Houldsworth, Esq. (died 1899), Mount Charles, Ayr, Scotland
his sale, Christie’s, London, 23 May 1891, nr. 54, as Botzaris (Albanian Patriot)
Duncan, London, acquired at the above sale
with Arthur Tooth & Sons, London, by 1898
with M. Knoedler & Co., New York, acquired directly from the above, 1 August 1898, as Botzaris (Albanian Patriot)
Walter G. Oakman (1845-1922) and Eliza Conkling Oakman (1856-1931), New York, acquired directly from the above, 14 November 1898
Henry Rogers Winthrop (1878-1958), New York
his sale,Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, 22 January 1942, nr. 17, as Turkish Warrior
private collection, Chicago
Maurice Goldblatt (1889-1984), Chicago, acquired directly from the above
anonymous sale, Leslie Hindman Auctioneers, Chicago, 13-16 May 1990, nr. 197, as Marcus Botzaris (or Arco Bozzaris, or Markos Botsaris)
anonymous sale, Sotheby’s, New York, 17 February 1993, nr. 28, as Marcus Botsaris
private collection, Greece
acquired directly from the above by the present owner, 2005
sale Christie's, New York, Property of a Distinguished Private Collector, 28 October 2019, nr. 216

Other works by Jean-Léon Gérôme

The Cursed Lion
1895

Greek Interior
1848

The Black Servant Girl
1872

Prayer on the Housetops
1865

Napoleon and His General Staff in Egypt
1863