Provenance
Millard F. Tompkins, Esq.;[1] (sale, American Art Gallery, New York, 5 March 1915, no. 27); Ruppert. private collection, Maryland; (sale, Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, 17 October 1956, no. 52). Woodford; P. Tretyakov. Sordoni collection, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.[2] (Mathaf Gallery, London), 1978; sold 1982 to private collection; purchased 14 June 2013 through (Galerie Arnoldi-Livie, Munich) by NGA.
[1] The provenance given here is based on Gerald M. Ackerman, _The Life and Work of Jean-Léon Gérôme, with a catalogue raisonné_, London, 1986: 228, no. 205.
[2] This is probably the collection of Andrew J. Sordoni [d. 1963], Pennsylvania state senator and founder of the Sordoni Construction Company.
Accession Number
2013.62.1
Medium
oil on wood
Dimensions
overall: 38 × 56 cm (14 15/16 × 22 1/16 in.)
Classification
Painting
Credit Line
Chester Dale Fund