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
Madame Louis-Julien Gohin, Her Son and Her Stepdaughters
c. 1800-02
c. 1800-02
Meeting of Artists in the Atelier of Isabey
1798
1798
The Barrel Game
c. 1828
c. 1828
The soup for the cats
The Arrival of the Stagecoach in the Courtyard of the Messageries
1803
1803