Jean-Frédéric Bazille
Porte de la Reine at Aigues-Mortes
186780.6 x 99.7 cm
Oil on canvas
Signed and dated lower right: F. Bazille 1867
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Purchase, Gift of Raymonde Paul, in memory of her brother, C. Michael Paul, by exchange, 1988
Provenance
Charles Jules Leenhardt, Montpellier, died 1912
his sister-in-law, Mme Elie Brunel (Adrienne Pomier-Layrargues), Montpellier, died 1927
her niece, Mme Emile Jules Castelnau, formerly Mme André Lehr (Madeleine Pomier-Layrargues), Montpellier, in 1941; died 1944
her daughter and son-in-law, Geneviève (Lehr) and Henri Cazalis, Montpellier, by 1944–her d. 1953
Henri Cazalis, Montpellier, 1953–died 1979
his heirs, 1979–81; sold to Wildenstein
with Wildenstein, Paris and New York, 1981–86; sold for $465,000 to Clore
Alan Clore, Paris, 1986–88
his sale, Christie's, London, 27 June 1988, nr. 75, to MMA
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Other works by Frédéric Bazille
The Pink Dress
c. 1864
c. 1864
Family Reunion
1867
1867
Summer Scene (Bathers)
1869-70
1869-70
The Beach at Sainte-Adresse
1865
1865
Woman in a Moorish Costume
1869
1869