Louis-Léopold Boilly
A trompe l'oeil of an ivory and wood crucifix
65 x 48.5 cmOil on canvas
Signed and inscribed, center left, on the cartellino: L. Boilly. pinx: / rue Meslée. n°. 12, / A Paris.
Sale Christie's, New York, 27 April 2017
Provenance
George Rushout, 3rd Baron Northwick (1811-1887), Northwick Park, Gloucestershire, and by descent through his widow to
Captain E.G. Spencer-Churchill (1876-1964)
(†), Christie's, London, 29 October 1965, nr. 65, where acquired by Leggatt for
The Dulverton Trust, Oxford
sale Christie's, London, 5 July 2011, nr. 20 (£481,250)
with Jean-Luc Baroni, London, where acquired by the present owner
sale Christie's, New York, 27 April 2017, nr. 38
Other works by Louis-Léopold Boilly
No Agreement
1797
1797
The Entrance to the Jardin Turc
1812
1812
Meeting of Artists in the Atelier of Isabey
1798
1798
The Arrival of the Stagecoach in the Courtyard of the Messageries
1803
1803
The Barrel Game
c. 1828
c. 1828