Provenance
The artist’s studio, estate inventory, April 11, 1925, no. 216 [see Bajou and Lemeux-Fraitot 2002]; Girodet Sale, Paris, April 11, 1825, lot 1; bought for 2050 Francs by Bellot [according to the record of sale, no. 266, see Voignier 2005]. Louis Philippe, Duc d’Orléans, later king of France (died 1850), Paris by 1826 [according to Vatout 1826]; sale, Paris, April 28, 1851, lot 51, as Le Katchef Dahouth. Turc; bought for 510 Francs by Mènet (Monet?), Brussels [according to annotated copy of the catalogue at the R.K.D., The Hague]. Mr. Gary Mayer; sold Sotheby’s, New York, February 27, 1986, lot 30 as Portrait du Katchef Dahouth, Mameluck Chrétien, de la Géorgie, Âgé de Plus de 70 Ans. Colnaghi Gallery, New York by 1987; sold to the Art Institute, 1987.
Accession Number
105604
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
144.7 × 113 cm (57 × 44 1/2 in.); Framed: 182.9 × 151.2 × 15.3 cm (72 × 59 1/2 × 6 in.)
Classification
oil on canvas
Credit Line
Charles H. and Mary F. S. Worcester Collection; through prior gift of Frank H. and Louise B. Woods