Louis-Léopold Boilly (La Bassée 1761-1845 Paris)

La tasse de chocolat ('The Cup of Chocolate')

Price realised USD 40,000
Estimate
USD 60,000 – USD 80,000
Estimates do not reflect the final hammer price and do not include buyer's premium, and applicable taxes or artist's resale right. Please see Section D of the Conditions of Sale for full details.
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Louis-Léopold Boilly (La Bassée 1761-1845 Paris)

La tasse de chocolat ('The Cup of Chocolate')

Price realised USD 40,000
Closed: 13 Apr 2016
Price realised USD 40,000
Closed: 13 Apr 2016
Details
Louis-Léopold Boilly (La Bassée 1761-1845 Paris)
La tasse de chocolat ('The Cup of Chocolate')
oil on paper, laid down on canvas
16 ¼ x 11 7/8 in. (44.3 x 30 cm.)
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Paris, place de la Bourse, 25-26 April 1835, lot 2.
(Possibly) Captain Hall, officer de S.M. Britannique; his sale, Binault-Pajot-Lairez, Lille, 2-3 February 1848, lot 64.
Anonymous sale; Pierret, Paris, 24 April 1883, lot 36.
Private collection, London.
Literature
H. Harrisse, L.L. Boilly, peintre, dessinateur, et lithographe: sa vie et son oeuvre (1761-1845), Paris, 1898, p. 98, no. 63, and possibly p. 132, no. 529 ['Jeune femme ouvrant la porte de sa chambre à une servante qui lui apporte une tasse de café'].
P. Marmottan, Le peintre Louis Boilly (1761-1845), Paris, 1913, p. 248.

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