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Trubus Soedarsono (b.1926 - d.1966), ‘A Balinese Legong Dancer’, oil on canvas, c.1960, Indonesian, passed in at Shannon’s, Milford, CT, USA, October 2021.
Savely Sorine (b.1878 - d.1953), ‘An Elegant Lady in a Cossack Costume, with a Hunting Falcon’, pencil and watercolour on paper laid on canvas, c.1930, Russian, for sale for est. 20,000 - 30,000 GBP in MacDougall’s Russian Art sale, June 2019; London, England.
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Raimundo de Madrazo y Garreta (b.1841 - d.1920), ‘Portrait of a Lady’, oil on panel, c.1888, Spanish, sold for 15,000 USD in Sotheby’s Old Master & 19th Century Art sale, January 2014; New York, NY, USA.
Ludovico Marchetti (b.1853 - d.1909), ‘The Depature, Venice’, oil on canvas, c.1881, Italian, sold for 11,250 USD in Sotheby’s Old Master & 19th Century Art sale, January 2014; New York, NY, USA.
Gerard Donck (fl.1610 - 1640), ‘Portrait of an Eleven Year Old Girl’, oil on panel, c.1636, Dutch, sold by Lawrence Steigrad Fine Arts, New York, NY, USA.
Tom Roberts (b.1856 - d.1931), ‘Portrait of a Lady’, oil on canvas, c.1880s, Australian, for sale for est. $60,000 - $80,000 AUD in Leonard Joel’s Fine Art sale, March 2021; Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
Agnes Millen Richmond (b.1870 - d.1964), ‘Portrait of a Young Woman in a White Blouse’, oil on canvas, no date (est. 1900-1910), American, sold for $650 USD at Shannon’s, Milford, CT, USA, January 2020.
Jacques Dore (b.1861 - d.1929), ‘The Estaminet*’, oil on canvas, no date (late 1800s-early 1900s), French, unsold for est. 8,000 - 12,000 EUR in Sotheby’s Tableaux, Dessins, and Sculptures sale, December 2020; Paris, France.
An estaminet is a small cafe, bar, or bistro, specifically one that sells alcoholic beverages.
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Franz Melchers (b.1868 - d.1944), ‘Reflections’, oil on canvas, no date (1800s/1900s), Dutch, sold for $4,550 USD at Shannon’s, Milford, CT, USA, January 2020.
Nicolaes Maes (b.1634 - d.1693), ‘Portrait of a Boy in Classical Dress with a Bullfinch and Spaniel’, oil on panel, no date (est. 1660s/1670s), Dutch, sold by Lawrence Steigrad Fine Arts to The Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minnesota, USA.
Jean Michelin (b.1623 - d.1696), ‘A Peasant Family’ or 'The Poultry Sellers’, oil on canvas, c.1650-1660s, French, currently in the collection of the Portland Museum of Art, OR, USA.
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Leon Moran (b.1864 - d.1941), ‘The Courtship’, oil on canvas, c.1886, American, sold for $2,600 USD at Shannon’s, Milford, CT, USA, May 2019.
Jules Girardet (b.1856 - d.1946), ‘Romantic Catch’, oil on canvas, no date (1800s/1900s), French, sold for $5,000 USD at Shannon’s, Milford, CT, USA, June 2019.
Albert Edelfelt (b.1854 - d.1905), ‘Au Bar, or Woman with a Cigarette’, oil on canvas, no date (est. 1870s), Finnish, sold for 51,650 GBP in Sotheby’s 19th Century European Paintings Sale, November 2010, London, England.
Marked[A son ami G Bourgain A Edelfelt], 'To my friend Gustave Bourgain from Albert Edelfelt’. Bourgain (b.1826 - d.1921) was a student alongside Edelfelt under Jean Leon Gerome in the 1870s at the Ecole des Beaux Arts. The model for this image was also the same model for Edelfelt’s famous painting 'Queen Blanche (Blanka)’ c.1877.
Fritz Zuber Buhler (b.1822 - d.1896), ‘La Source’, oil on canvas, no date (1800s), Swiss, sold for 37,500 USD in Sotheby’s Old Master & 19th Century Art sale, January 2014; New York, NY, USA.
Rudolf Wimmer (b.1849 - d.1915), ‘Bildnis eines Madchens (Portrait of a Girl)’, oil on canvas, c.1902, German, for sale for est. 1,000 - 2,000 EUR in '401 Sommerauktion’ at Neumeister Auctions, Munich, Germany.
Circle of Pierre Louis Delaval (b.1790 - d.1870), ‘Portrait of a Lady, traditionally identified as Flora’, oil on canvas, no date (est. 1800 - 1830), French, sold for 11,250 GBP in Christie’s British and European Art Sale, December 2021.
Unknown, ‘Portrait of a Lady’, oil on panel, French, circa 16th to 17th centuries; currently in the collection of the Louvre, Paris, France.
Formerly attributed to the school of Francois Clouet; formerly in the collection of the Nazi Hermann Goring, then repatriated to France after World War II. It’s interesting to note that the Louvre themselves say 'Purchased (?)’ c.1941, under circumstances only partly recorded, including an estimate or purchase price of 50,000 francs. (x)
American School, ‘Portrait of a Woman with a Red Book’, oil on canvas, c.1840, American, for sale for est. $4,000 - $6,000 USD in Christie’s 'The Collection of Peter and Barbara Goodman’, January 2022.
Giovanni Boldini (b.1842 - d.1931), ‘A Lady in White’, watercolour on card, c.1874-1877, Italian, for sale at M.S. Rau Antiques; New Orleans, LA, USA.
