Charles Meynier
Androcles and the lion
179542.7 x 34.2 cm
Oil on canvas
Signed and dated lower left: Meynier. 1795.
Sale Bonhams, London, 8 July 2015
Provenance
Nelson Cottreau
his sale, rue de Jeuneurs no 16, (Bonnefons de Lavialle), 27 March 1846, nr. 12, listed as 'Androclès reconnu par le lion. Esquisse de son grand tableau. Toile. Haut 43c, larg 35c. Signée 1791 [sic]'
acquired by the present owner's father circa 1940, and thence by descent
private collection, Portugal
sale Bonhams, London, 8 July 2015, nr. 60 (bought in)