Lot 3079* - A208 Old Master Paintings - Friday, 22. March 2024, 02.00 PM
PHILIPPE MERCIER
(Berlin 1689–1760 London)
The fool. Circa 1735–40.
Oil on canvas.
77.5 × 65 cm.
Provenance:
- Sale Bonhams, London, 28.10.1993, Lot 165.
- Sale Lempertz, Cologne, 15.5.1999, Lot 1096.
- Sale Grisebach, Berlin, 2.6.2016, Lot 310 (label verso).
- European private collection.
A second version was sold at Christie's in 1991 (J. Ingamells and R. Raines: A Catalogue of the Paintings and Drawings and Etchings of Philip Mercier, Walpole Society, XLVI, 1978, no. 172).
Our thanks to Alastair Laing for his expert assistance in cataloguing this painting.
- Sale Bonhams, London, 28.10.1993, Lot 165.
- Sale Lempertz, Cologne, 15.5.1999, Lot 1096.
- Sale Grisebach, Berlin, 2.6.2016, Lot 310 (label verso).
- European private collection.
A second version was sold at Christie's in 1991 (J. Ingamells and R. Raines: A Catalogue of the Paintings and Drawings and Etchings of Philip Mercier, Walpole Society, XLVI, 1978, no. 172).
Our thanks to Alastair Laing for his expert assistance in cataloguing this painting.
CHF 15 000 / 20 000 | (€ 15 460 / 20 620)
Sold for CHF 18 750 (including buyer’s premium)
All information is subject to change.