Lot Essay
We are grateful to the Comité Alfred Stevens for confirming the authenticity of this work.
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PROPERTY FROM THE HASCOE FAMILY COLLECTION
Alfred Stevens (Belgian, 1823-1906)
Lovelorn
Details
Alfred Stevens (Belgian, 1823-1906)
Lovelorn
signed 'AStevens' (lower left)
oil on canvas
41 x 28 5/8 in. (104.1 x 72.6 cm.)
Lovelorn
signed 'AStevens' (lower left)
oil on canvas
41 x 28 5/8 in. (104.1 x 72.6 cm.)
Provenance
Maria Gillhausen, Munich, by 1942.
Maria Almas-Dietrich, Munich, as Portrait of the Artist's Wife, purchased from the above for RM 18.000 for the Sonderauftrag, Linz, January 1943 (Linz no. 2491/1081).
Recovered by the Monuments Fine Arts and Archives Section from the Salt Mines, Alt Aussee (Alt Aussee no. 4190), and transferred to the Central Collecting Point, Munich, 12 October 1945 (MCCP no. 8970).
Given to the custody of the Austrian Government, 18 January 1952.
Mauerbach Benefit Sale; Christie's, Vienna, 29-30 October 1996, lot 584.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Maria Almas-Dietrich, Munich, as Portrait of the Artist's Wife, purchased from the above for RM 18.000 for the Sonderauftrag, Linz, January 1943 (Linz no. 2491/1081).
Recovered by the Monuments Fine Arts and Archives Section from the Salt Mines, Alt Aussee (Alt Aussee no. 4190), and transferred to the Central Collecting Point, Munich, 12 October 1945 (MCCP no. 8970).
Given to the custody of the Austrian Government, 18 January 1952.
Mauerbach Benefit Sale; Christie's, Vienna, 29-30 October 1996, lot 584.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
P. Sutton, Old Master Paintings from the Hascoe Collection, Greenwich, 2005, p. 70, no. 31, illustrated p. 71.
C. Lefebvre, Alfred Stevens 1823-1906, Paris, 2006, p. 143, no. 168.
C. Lefebvre, Alfred Stevens 1823-1906, Paris, 2006, p. 143, no. 168.
Exhibited
Greenwich, The Bruce Museum, Old Master Paintings from the Hascoe Collection, 2 April- 29 May 2005, no. 31.
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