Lot Essay
We would like to thank Monsieur Vincent Marillier for confirming the authenticity of this work.
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PROPERTY OF THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART, SOLD TO BENEFIT THE ACQUISITIONS FUND
Charles-Émile Jacque (French, 1813-1894)
A Shepherdess and Her Sheep
Details
Charles-Émile Jacque (French, 1813-1894)
A Shepherdess and Her Sheep
signed 'Ch. Jacque' (lower left)
oil on canvas
32 1/8 x 25 5/8 in. (81.6 x 65.1 cm.)
A Shepherdess and Her Sheep
signed 'Ch. Jacque' (lower left)
oil on canvas
32 1/8 x 25 5/8 in. (81.6 x 65.1 cm.)
Provenance
M. Liebig and/or M. Fremyn (their sale); Hôtel Drouot, Paris, April 8, 1875, no. 39, (as "Moutons au pâturage,").
Susan P. Colgate, Sharon, Connecticut.
Gifted to the Metropolitan Museum of Art by the above, 1936.
Susan P. Colgate, Sharon, Connecticut.
Gifted to the Metropolitan Museum of Art by the above, 1936.
Exhibited
Canton, Ohio, Canton Art Institute, 6 January–1 May, 1944.
New York, School of Visual Arts, Visual Arts Museum, Les Animaliers and Animals in Early Nineteenth-Century French Art, 8 April–27 April, 1985.
New York, School of Visual Arts, Visual Arts Museum, Les Animaliers and Animals in Early Nineteenth-Century French Art, 8 April–27 April, 1985.